Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection
Sea Bright, Long Branch, Sandy Hook and Highland Beach Images too … I’ve sought to make this a pleasing and positive website. One that’s...
Author: Greg Kelly
“Long Branch Daily Record” History
Long Branch’s “hometown newspaper” was founded as a weekly in 1883 by Robert M. Stults and Louis Bennett. It began printing daily in 1902...
Monmouth Beach Club Images
The Monmouth Beach Bath & Tennis Club (known popularly as “The Club”) rests along Ocean Avenue. This magnificent coastal building is perhaps the definitive...
Highland Beach — Past Playground
“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginnings of Highland Beach as a seashore resort date to Gilded Age times. This iconic location — where...
Monmouth Beach: 19th Land of the Rich & Famous
Gilded Age Glory at the Jersey Shore … By the late 1880s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a...
Vivian Johnson: Shore Nightclub Queen
She was the fashionable female contingent of the borough’s most famous political family. Vivian Johnson, born in Monmouth Beach in 1901, was a trend-setter...
Boyle’s Tavern: A Neighborhood Bar
A thoughtful local observer has called it “the Fenway Park of bars” — lots of history, lots of angles, lots of character. It’s Boyle’s...
Images of Sandy Hook Lighthouse …
Nearly 260 years of service … Call it the Jersey Shore’s noblest outpost. At once majestic and mighty, it’s a tribute to commerce and...
Long Branch Pier & Boardwalk History
It’s a goner. Not coming back. Certainly not the aura. Today, few people know — and even fewer care — about the allure of...
Broadway: Ready for Business
Legendary Road Awaits New Vision First mapped in 1835, first paved in 1891 — Broadway was where Long Branch conducted commerce. Historically, the road...
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...
Images of Long Branch …
Long Branch history is irresistible. Its heritage vibrant and impactful. The more you know, the more you want to know. With countless stories to...
MB Bathing Pavilion Images …
The Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion (MBBP) — which recently marked its centennial season — has 100 years of sun and fun behind it. With...
Long Branch’s Other Hospital
The E.C. Hazard Memorial Hospital … This largely forgotten city charity healthcare institution at Washington and Dewey Streets — known as the “hospital with...
Long Branch Hotels: Great Views
Magnificent seashore lodgings highlight the city’s glory … I’m endlessly fascinated by the magnificent seashore hotels that sprawled along the Long Branch coastline. These...
