Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection
Sea Bright, Long Branch, Sandy Hook and Highland Beach Images too … I’ve sought to make this a visually pleasing website. One that’s both...
MB Feature
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...
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...
Highland Beach — Playground of the Past
“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginnings of Highland Beach as an iconic seashore resort date to Gilded Age times. The spot is where...
Images of Long Branch …
Long Branch history is irresistible. Its heritage vibrant and impacting. With countless stories to tell, it’s perfect for building this photo-essay collection that I...
Max’s Famous Hot Dogs — #1 in Long Branch
The city’s oldest eating establishment … So the foody tale goes … Max Altman opened the “first refreshment stand of any description” about 1916,...
Elberon: former “Playland of Millionaires”
History & Images It was sometimes called “Hollywood of the East.” When it was a summer seashore resort during the Gilded Age. Elberon back...
“Wooden Palaces” of Monmouth Beach
Looking at the town’s grand old seashore mansions … A signature feature of Monmouth Beach heritage were the palatial houses — called “Cottages” —...
Long Branch Pier & Boardwalk: Seashore Fun
It’s a goner. Not coming back. Certainly not the aura. Today, few people know and even fewer care about the allure of the once...
Nauvoo — Start of Sea Bright
Sea Bright beginnings … It was first known as “Nauvoo” (Hebrew for “pleasant place”). And the shore area’s very first settlers — Nathan Woolley,...
Monmouth Beach & USA — Celebrate ’76
The Monmouth Beach-American Bicentennial Celebration — it was 46 years ago. In July 1976, the borough of Monmouth Beach joined in with the nation...
A Look at the LBPD
Long Branch Police Department service dates back to a Civil War Hero … Like most law enforcement agencies — they’ve been both admired and...
Shore Palaces in Sea Bright
Sea Bright’s magnificent 19th century oceanfront mansions. A classic part of town heritage were the massive “cottages” — seashore castles of wood, in truth...
Local Railroads: SB • MB • LB
For Gilded Age elites to make a remote seashore region (Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach and parts of Long Branch) into an excliusive summer resort,...
Long Branch: Keys to the City
Plus, the “Mayors of Long Branch” — How old is Long Branch? It goes all the way back to May 1668. According to local...
History of Shore Regional High School
The idea of a shore-area regional high school was discussed as early as 1955. In the following years, Monmouth Beach agreed to join with...
North Long Branch: Keeping Cool
It was known as “Fishtown” in Entertaining a Nation and marked as “Atlanticville” on an 1873 F.W. Beers map. I remember locals calling it...
