The Diving Bell took you to the ocean floor for just 50 cents
By Bruce Klauber The Steel Pier is not only a great amusement park; it’s the only amusement pier in Atlantic City. Those who never had the opportunity to visit the pier in its previous incarnation – the old pier was in operation from 1898 to 1978 – missed something...
Postcards from the Past
Ice skaters had lots of fun on Bargaintown Pond in Egg Harbor Township, shown here in 1948. The frozen pond attracted skaters from Atlantic City, Absecon, Somers Point and areas in between. The Linwood police were assigned to handle traffic on the roads leading to the...
Ocean City’s City Hall opened 110 years ago
A Look Back By Fred Miller One hundred and ten years ago, on Jan. 1, 1915, Mayor Harry Headley officially opened Ocean City’s $75,000 first City Hall. Headley and Commissioners R. Howard Thorn and Robert Fisher led tours of the beautiful three-story building...The story of Storybook Land
By Bruce Klauber It’s not an amusement park or an amusement pier. It has no thrill rides and it’s miles from any Jersey Shore boardwalk. But the fantasyland known as Storybook Land has entertained generations of families and their children, with gentle delight,...Remembering when Bader Field helped birth the Aviation Age
By Chuck Darrow Each day, an untold number of folks drive past the all-but-abandoned tract of land that sits at the intersection of Albany and West End avenues. It’s quite likely most of these people don’t give a second thought about what is the largest undeveloped...
