Great stuff to us USA history buffs. (There are a lot of these on YouTube but I missed this one, thanks for posting). Close your eyes and try to imagine what it must have been like over 100 years ago in America!
We went to the Jersey Shore last summer - it was something like $12 per person to get on the beach! (Six of us) Of course they didn’t make us wear those goofy looking swim suits, so there’s that!
Psych! I was just posting about how people used to dress up to walk the AC boardwalk earlier today:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3512877/posts?page=664#664
Thanks for posting this. I love those old photos, and this is the first time I have seen any moving pictures of Atlantic City from that time period.
If it had been a few years later, my father could have been on that beach. He was born in 1911, the first of my grandparents’ 13 children. He had the good fortune to be born at a time when my grandfather’s older sister was recovering from a broken heart.
Great Aunt Mame (b. 1887)had been engaged to a young man who tragically died from an ailment while he was in the army. When Dad came along, she poured all of her love into him. His family was not wealthy, but he got to do a lot because of his aunt. And trips on the train to visit Atlantic City were among those outings. She was a dear, fun-loving woman. I have a photo of her in one of those bathing suits with the sailor collar.
Then there is this titillating treat : )
Boarding School Girls Gone Crazy At Coney Island 1905
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH7ON4JiD-I
Beautiful pictures.
W.C. Fields got his start in Atlantic City.
He would pretend to drown, they would rescue him and take him to the local bar to revive - he would awake and exclaim “I’ll never drink water again!”
I remember going to Atlantic City as a very young kid, long before anyone thought of turning it into a gambling destination, and having a great day there, just enjoying it as a beach, making sand castles, etc.