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...
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...
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...
Antonio Giuseppe Pettine’s journey from Philadelphia mechanic to Vegas icon
Antonio Giuseppe Pettine was a Philadelphia auto and aircraft mechanic who always had a way with a song. At the age of 25, he decided to give up mechanics in favor of a career as a professional entertainer. A recent, non-bylined piece in The Five Mile Beach Sun...
