Peterson, N.J. Court HousePostcard Message:
Very truly yours, WillThis looks to be from the transition period between undivided and divided postcards since there is the small margin on the image side of the card for a message, as well as a space for a message on the back of the card.
Palisades - Hudson River
Dear Mildred:- / We were all very sorry to hear that you had to go to the hospital. I hope you can soon come home. I remain your loving friend / Mary K. Coleman
Dear Richard and Lou, Believe it or not I'm here at Atlantic City, attending the AMA Convention and having a grand time trying to take it all in. It ends Friday about 5PM. If the couch is empty I tho't I might spend the night with you. I'll have to leave Sat. morning for home and then Augusta again. See you Friday night about 7PM. Bob
Hi, Here is where we are staying. Bad weather today but too busy for beach anyway. Lobster dinner last night. See you real soon, any day but Wednesday. Love, MeThe Ambassador no longer exists; at its previous site stands the Tropicana Casino and Resort. (The Interweb claims that the steel beams of The Ambassador were used in constructing the newer venue.
Atlantic City NJ June 21 / My dear Charlotte/ I am having a much better time than I anticipated. wish you were with us. I hope you will go to (Utica?) with me. I think of my friends every day and wish they could enjoy the fine air and rest. Lots of love A.A.M.
Dear Millody: / I am sending you a picture of my church in Long Branch, NJ. I am a Girl Scout are you? Well I hope so. What Grade are you in? / Judy Di--mas
Feb 20th 1909 / Dearest Hazel / I am having a very nice time here in Atlantic City the ocean is very nice today but was very stormy last night wish you were here to see it / Lovingly, Aunt EllieBeautiful beaches and refreshing sea air made Atlantic City a popular vacation destination. Alexander Boardman, a railroad conductor, and Jacob Keim, a hotelier, developed the boardwalk so that people wouldn't track sand into the hotels and railroad cars. The rolling chairs featured in this postcard were introduced in 1884 and were the only vehicle allowed on the boardwalk. Once source claims the boards on the boardwalk were diagonal to make it easier to maneuver them. According to PBS's "American Experience":
In 1920 the Businessmen's League of Atlantic City came up with a plan to keep fun and profits continuing past Labor Day. For September 25th, they organized a Fall Frolic. Three hundred and fifty gaily decorated rolling wicker chairs were pushed along the parade route. Three hundred and fifty men pushed the chairs. However, the main attractions were the young 'maidens' who sat in the rolling chairs, headed by a Miss Ernestine Cremona, who was dressed in a flowing white robe and represented 'Peace.'Rolling chair parades were also a part of the Miss America pageant. Rolling chairs are still in use today, though retired chairs are coveted as furniture (story here)!
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You will see by this card how many people come and it's no wonder for is is so cool and air so -- ---- [refresing?]. Hope you are well. Cordially, "Cousin" GraceBack in 1935, Atlantic City wasn't the gambling center it is today - but today, you can still get some of the famous taffy!
Dear Cousins: We are quite well hope this will find you the same. We have bough us a farm this Spring but don't indend to move on it before Fall. Bert has hired a boy for six months to help him work both places. Hope you and Floyd and all of your "kids" can come to see us when we get moved into our new home. Will's folks have another boy born wk. ago this last Sun. They are getting along fine. Love from Bert and BessieThere is still a National Guard training center in Sea Girt, New Jersey (more info here). However, neither the recipient nor the sender were from Sea Girt. Corland and Marthan are both in Central New York, about fifteen miles apart.
