Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection
Sea Bright, Long Branch, Sandy Hook and Highland Beach Images too. Dig in … I’ve sought to make this a visually pleasing website. One...
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Broadway: Where Long Branch Did Business
First mapped in 1835, first paved in 1891 — Broadway was where Long Branch conducted commerce. Historically, the road was also called, the Eatontown...
Pleasure Bay Days in Long Branch
“Pleasure Bay has always been just what its name implies.” — Long Branch Daily Record, July 1939. In an effort to expand beyond the...
Images of Sandy Hook …
It has 500 years of history — going back to the 1520s when Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European to explore our “Jersey...
Monmouth Beach Club Images
The Monmouth Beach Bath & Tennis Club (known popularly as “The Club”) rests along Ocean Avenue. This coastal building is perhaps the definitive piece...
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel Images
It’s the spot where Monmouth Beach all began. Eliakim Wardell, a Boston-born Quaker who first settled the area, broke ground on a farmhouse in...
Images of Long Branch …
Dedicated to Tom Booth of Long Branch (1951-2019). Rich in historic imagery, as a place offering shore sun and fun Long Branch has few...
Images of Sea Bright …
Classic photos of a seaside borough … (Page dedicated to the Sea Bright Historical Society) Monmouth Beach and Sea Bright have a lot in...
The Beach Towns: SB • MB • LB
Sand time at Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright and Long Branch … At the peak in the late 1960s, these three North Shore towns combined...
Long Branch Pier: Boardwalk Fun & Games
The first-ever Long Branch pier onto the Atlantic Ocean was built in 1828. Called the “Bath House Pier,” it was used mainly as a...
Sea Bright: Boro of Beach Clubs
It’s the ultimate beach town — folks have been coming to Sea Bright for the sand, sea and sun for 125 years. Young and...
“Galilee” of Monmouth Beach Images
The borough area known as “Galilee” — located roughly from Central Road to the Sea Bright border — is a spot rich in history...
Monmouth Beach: Mecca for Musicians
It’s the musical equivalent of Bruce Springsteen, Charlie Puth, Billy Joel, Taylor Swift, and Frank Sinatra among others all coming to Monmouth Beach for...
Long Branch and the Presidency
Although seven American chief executives have visited Long Branch, I was only able to dig deep on two: Presidents Grant and Garfield. President Ulysses...
Abraham Lincoln’s Favorite Doctor
Dr. Newell also represented the Monmouth Beach area in the US Congress I’m a Lincoln man. I’ve probably read more than 50 books about...
Long Branch Stadium — History & Photos
It’s difficult to narrow down a real name? It opened as Ocean Park in 1934 and closed as Long Branch Stadium in 1957. In...
Highland Beach — Grand Playground of the Past
“Celebrating the Golden Age of the Jersey Shore” Originally part of “Wardell’s Beach,” the beginnings of Highland Beach as an iconic seashore resort date...
