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By Christopher J. Vaz: Seaside Heights tells the history of a timeless seashore resort community located on a barrier island nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat Bay. The 224-acre town was settled by residents of Philadelphia and Camden, who purchased white-sand lots to escape city life for the brisk ocean breezes and tranquility that Seaside Heights offered prior to World War II. Seaside Heights uses the scenes captured in vintage postcards, some of them very rare, as a study of the changes that have occurred in the town since its incorporation in 1913. -
By Ronald Edward Negra: Agnes Joan Negra played a role during World War II that helped families to learn the fate of their relatives missing in action. Read the numerous post cards and letters that Mrs. Negra received from numerous loved ones. -
By Linda J. Barth: This is the story of Alice Paul’s failures and success to reach the goal of convincing President Woodrow Wilson, the U.S. Congress, and the state legislatures to finally pass the 19th amendment. -
1878 Communities of Ocean County from Atlas of Historical and Biographical New Jersey Coast by Woolman and Rose -
1878 Communities of Ocean County from Atlas of Historical and Biographical New Jersey Coast by Woolman and Rose -
1878 Communities of Ocean County from Atlas of Historical and Biographical New Jersey Coast by Woolman and Rose -
By Gretchen F. Coyle & Deborah C. Whitcraft (Images of America): Founded in 1874, Beach Haven was designed as one of the first summer seashore resorts for wealthy Philadelphians. Beach Haven’s boardwalk was one and a quarter miles long. A steamboat, connected with the Tuckerton Railroad, brought visitors to the island. -
1878 Communities of Ocean County from Atlas of Historical and Biographical New Jersey Coast by Woolman and Rose -
Edited by James B. Kirk II: A vanished world and an example of a “good life” lived through a single year of a Jersey Shore sea captain is revealed in this fascinating interpreted account. -
1888 Bay Head, Ocean County This is an interesting Land Development map made for the developers of Bay Head at that time. Mount, Howe, and Harris are streets named after prominent people. 24"x34" -
1913 New Jersey Railroads This is a great map for Railroad buffs. It shows the many railroads that criss-crossed Ocean County and New Jersey in 1913, as well as the towns and mills that they served. The number designations shown in the railroad listing in the lower righthand corner appear within the map. 24" x 30"
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The Toms River Blockhouse (c1776-1782) was situated on a hill overlooking the harbor in the village of Toms River.
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