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    Ocean City, New Jersey
    Ocean City, New Jersey
    Ocean City, New Jersey
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    Ocean City, New Jersey

    By Mark McLaughlin

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    From the early 1900s through the 1950s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this golden age can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture. These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America s history. This fascinating new history of Ocean City, New Jersey, showcases more than two hundred of the best vintage postcards available. Images in this collection date between 1879 and 1950.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateMar 28, 1999
    ISBN9781439637180
    Ocean City, New Jersey

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      Ocean City, New Jersey - Mark McLaughlin

      1990–91.

      One

      GETTING THERE

      The Ocean City Tree, pictured in this 1905 postcard, was where the Lake brothers designed Ocean City, a great family-oriented Methodist retreat for the summertime. The tree is still standing in Ocean City Park (which also accommodates the Ocean City Tabernacle), but no longer has leaves left on it. In 1997 it was placed under the protection of the New Jersey State Historical Preservation.

      When Ocean City was born, the first means of travel was by ferry. Ferries went back and forth to Ocean City from both the New Jersey mainland and nearby Longport, NJ (on the way from Atlantic City). The ferries began in the early 1880s and were operational until 1919.

      By ferry, one had the opportunity to view the then-undisturbed reedlands of this part of the New Jersey Shore. People I’ve spoken to, recalling their rides as children, say the ferries were a delightful experience.

      Probably the most well-known ferry of the fleet was the Longport. More photographed than her sisters, she was probably the most frequently used, traveling back and forth between Longport and Ocean City. Her sister ships included the Avalon, the Ocean City, the Wildwood, and the Somers Point.

      At the same time the ferries went into service, so did the trolleys. Known as the Fast Line, they made their way, to and fro, from Atlantic City and Ocean City exclusively from 1885 to 1948. Pictured here is the Fast Line station in Atlantic City, 1905.

      The trolleys rode back and forth to the ferries, allowing people to shop and get to work on a convenient basis, giving substance to the old cliché, there will be another one along any minute.

      The moment crowds of Atlantic Cityans were dropped off at the Eighth Street depot, crowds of others going back were ready to embark.

      In 1909, the first trolley bridge was constructed at Ninth Street, to give the ferries a break. The bridge saw frequent use until the service was disbanded after World War II. Buses eventually replaced the trolley system.

      In 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I, the first automobile bridge was constructed alongside the trolley bridge. With traffic getting heavier, gigs and surreys became things of the past.

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