Picture Perfect: Historic images of Atlantic City through three lenses
Those familiar with Atlantic City history are likely aware of Vicki Gold Levi. For more than five decades, Levi has been an Atlantic City historian, curator, collector and booster, as well as the founder of the Atlantic City Historical Museum, and a consultant for the...
Secret Revolutionary War mission to the shore: Preparing for the French Fleet that never came
This is the second in a two-part series about a little-known secret Revolutionary War mission in South Jersey involving General George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, the French Fleet and a plan to attack the British in New York City. In October of 1779, Lieutenant...
By the book: Atlantic City’s first library
If you read about Atlantic City’s early civic leaders, it’s clear that they prioritized education. In 1901, almost 50 years after the city was incorporated, Atlantic City voters passed a referendum to establish the city’s first free library. No one knows exactly why...
Hamilton did not play the Jersey Shore, but he did serve there
This is the first of a two-part series detailing a little-known Revolutionary War episode in South Jersey. In the fall of 1779, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton accompanied Brigadier General Louis Lebègue Duportail – the first commandant of the Continental Corps...
When the divas came to Atlantic City
By Bruce Klauber No, they didn’t cause the pandemonium that The Beatles did when they appeared at Atlantic City’s Convention Hall, now Boardwalk Hall, on Aug. 30, 1964, but the Atlantic City performances of the legendary divas of show business through the years filled...
