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Brookside Cottage

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Description: A woman is pictured standing in front of Brookside Cottage, a large country-style home. Caption reads: "Brookside Cottage New Egypt, N.J."
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Switzer Foundation for Girls

Date: 1920
Description: A painting, possibly a portrait of the two founders of the Switzer Foundation for Girls, Margaret and Sarah Switzer. A woman on the left is holding a scrol...
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The Beach and Ocean

Date: 1910
Description: View toward people relaxing on a beach under umbrellas and other people wading in the water. On the right a woman is walking down a boardwalk to get to the...
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The Boardwalk

Date: 1915
Description: View along boardwalk, with people sitting, and other people walking. Buildings are along the left, and on the right is a lifeguard tower that looks down o...
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Bathing Scene at Tenth Street

Date: 1915
Description: People crowd the boardwalk at Tenth Street, entering and exiting the shops at left. On the right people are sunbathing on the beach and swimming in the sur...
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The Susquehanna Hotel

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Description: View from street towards men, women, and a dog or puppy, standing along the wrap-around porch of the Susquehanna Hotel. The street or yard on the left of t...
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Funchase Amusement Pier

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Description: Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T...
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Boathouses

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Description: View across water towards two boathouses. The one in the center is small with one door, and the other boathouse on the righthas five doors. To the left of ...
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International Delivery Truck in front of Bakery

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: View across street towards two men sitting in an International delivery truck. Behind them standing on the sidewalk are a man holding a loaf of braided bre...
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Frame 49: Signs of the Three

Date: 08 1964
Description: A nighttime rally on the Atlantic City boardwalk in support of the Mississipi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Three people in front of the group carry sig...
Postcard

New Traymore Hotel

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Description: Commercial postcard with slightly elevated view of people on the boardwalk at Atlantic City with the Traymore Hotel in the background. Postmarked from Atla...
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Fargo

Date: 1903
Description: A souvenir photograph of Frank B. and Louise Morilla Mears Fargo, taken in Atlantic City. The couple is posing against a prop split rail fence in front of ...
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Eclair Company Laboratory

Date: 1912
Description: Six women and one man are sitting or standing near unidentified equipment. Caption reads: "Motion picture laboratories of the Eclair Co., Fort Lee, NJ. 191...

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