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Early Memorial Day celebrations in Ocean City

by Cindy Fertsch | May 9, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, Ocean City, South Jersey

A Look Back at Ocean City By Fred Miller Memorial Day, or Decoration Day as it was initially called, has been commemorated in Ocean City for 143 years. While the day signals the beginning of the summer in America’s Greatest Family Resort, residents and visitors have...

Miss America 1923

by Cindy Fertsch | Apr 18, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Entertainment, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey

A Look Back By Fred Miller Miss America 1923, was the third Miss America pageant, held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City on Friday, Sept. 7, 1923. At the conclusion of the event, King Neptune crowned the incumbent titleholder Mary Katherine Campbell as Miss...

Ocean City’s first lifeguard

by Cindy Fertsch | Feb 1, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, History, Ocean City, South Jersey

A Look Back at Ocean City By Fred Miller The Ocean City Beach Patrol will be celebrating their 126th anniversary this summer. Let’s look back at Ocean City’s life-saving pioneer. Joseph P. Krauss was Ocean City’s first lifeguard and an early leader in water safety. He...

Shedding light on local history with matchbook covers

by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 25, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey

A Look Back at Ocean City By Fred Miller A souvenir is a must after a vacation in Ocean City. A matchbook cover was once the cheapest and smallest memory of a wonderful time spent in America’s Greatest Family Resort. The small, but useful advertising gimmick spread...

Wonderful possibilities were seen for Ocean City

by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 18, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey

A Look Back By Fred Miller One hundred and twenty years ago, R. Curtis Robinson, owner and editor of the Ocean City Sentinel, wrote: “With what Ocean City has as the twentieth century dawns, there are wonderful possibilities for the future. Look back during the past...
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      • Delaney Crawford
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      • Bruce Klauber
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      • Tynan Hand
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