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...
Category: Long Branch
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Long Branch: Grand Hotels of Past
Magnificent seashore lodgings from a city’s glory days I’m endlessly fascinated by the magnificent seashore hotels that sprawled along the Long Branch coastline. These...
Pleasure Bay Images …
In an effort to expand beyond the declining oceanfront hotel scene as the new 20th century dawned, Long Branch developers their turned attention to...
“The Reservation” — Long Branch’s Cottage Colony
By Michael Sheehan Visitors to Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in the City of Long Branch may notice a big house standing alone near the...
West End Cottages
It was a fabulous architectural representation of Long Branch at the apex of its Glided Age glory — the West End Cottages. Situated on...
Long Branch and the Presidency
Although seven American chief executives have visited Long Branch, I only dug deep on two: Presidents Grant and Garfield. Ulysses S. Grant: 18th American...
Long Branch’s Other Hospital
Dr. E.C. Hazard Memorial Hospital … This mostly forgotten city charity healthcare institution at Washington and Dewey Streets — known as the “hospital with...
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. During...
Broadway: Where Long Branch Did Business
Legendary Road Awaits New Vision First mapped in 1835, first paved in 1891 — Broadway was where Long Branch did commerce. Historically, the road...
Long Branch Healthcare History
Monmouth Medical Center and the Hazard Hospital Professional healthcare in Long Branch got its start in four rented rooms above a Broadway storefront, Arnold’s...
