Ocean City’s first lifeguard
A Look Back at Ocean City By Fred Miller The Ocean City Beach Patrol will be celebrating their 126th anniversary this summer. Let’s look back at Ocean City’s life-saving pioneer. Joseph P. Krauss was Ocean City’s first lifeguard and an early leader in water safety. He...Motels in Margate? No room at the inn
By Bruce Klauber Margate Seahorse Motel, 5198 Atlantic Avenue. Pampering you is our pleasure. New luxurious deluxe lanai kitchen suites, kitchenette apartments and motel rooms with air conditioning and heat, wall to wall carpeting, free television, ceramic tile bath,...The Sundance Kid’s Ocean City and Atlantic City roots
By William Kelly There’s a legend that Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid, was from Atlantic City, which turns out to be partially true. In the 1969 movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” there’s a scene where they get off a train in a desolate place in Bolivia...Shedding light on local history with matchbook covers
A Look Back at Ocean City By Fred Miller A souvenir is a must after a vacation in Ocean City. A matchbook cover was once the cheapest and smallest memory of a wonderful time spent in America’s Greatest Family Resort. The small, but useful advertising gimmick spread...How The Three Stooges conquered Atlantic City
By Bruce Klauber In 1973, I was a journalism student at Temple University. Like many journalism students there at the time, I had hopes of landing a position at the Temple University News. But the clippings I had from my high school newspaper writings meant nothing to...
