Miscellaneous Monmouth Beach ….
Maps, letters, flyers, pictures, stories, ads, documents, signs, odd and unusual images of Monmouth Beach.
I claim no ownership of the images — I just track them down and post them. Sources provided will be credited (and check back for regular updates):
MB School Class of ’68 Yearbook.
Wouldn’t you have liked to have been at this sale? APP, May 1950.
Asbury Park Press story on the beginnings of MB when it separated from Ocean Twp. May 1906.
Sidney Johnson goes from law to fish. APP, August 1953.
Beginning of the end of trains in MB. APP, July 1945.
End of days. Headline from APP, Jan. 1928.
MB Inn fire. January 1968.
Making the call. APP, May 1909.
Murder & mayhem in Monmouth Beach. APP, November 1932.
Plans for Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach to be part of a new state park, APP, August 1938. The proposed park was to run from ocean-to-river at 600 acres and cost $1.5 million. The plan also called for the construction of an ocean access inlet at “Low Moor.”
A grocery store owned by Robert Gitow on Riverdale Avenue? This APP story is from Feb. 1919.
MB School Yearbook, Class of 1966.
Monmouth Beach profiteer Thomas W. Butts losing all his borough possessions, 1910s.
MB Moonshiners, June 1922.
Channel Club Tower ad, 1970s.
Bobby Brown was a MB resident, NY Yankee and physician. APP, 1951.
Robert Shippee, a Harvard-trained geologist, was a longtime MB resident. January 1932.
Asbury Park Press, Sept. 1978.
Asbury Park Press, April 1982.
MB first borough election, 1906.
Monmouth Sailing Center ad, 1970s.
Those were the days … APP, July 1936.
Close call for education in MB. APP, March 1909.
MB town center, 1889.
MB area map. Geological Survey of New Jersey, 1896.
Asbury Park Press, June 1900.
Asbury Park Press, Sept. 1931.
Asbury Park Press, 1953.
Sad Park Avenue plunge! APP, August 1940.
Asbury Park Press, July 1947. Any more info on this one?
Thanksgiving Dinner at MB Inn, 1945.
Survey map of Shorelands Association dock, 1931.
MB School report card cover, 1967-68.
MB area, Lightfoot map 1851.
Monmouth Beach, Hagstrom map.
World War II air raid bulletin, 1940s.
German blimp Hindenburg flying along Monmouth Beach coast, 1930s.
Monmouth Beach, Wolverton’s Atlas of Monmouth County.1889
Shrewsbury Harbor Estates ad, 1974.
Monmouth County Freeholder Bill Barham (l) at a candidate’s debate in Freehold, 2005.
A.O. Johnson campaign ad for Monmouth County Freeholder, 1926. He lost.
Odd story on Griffin Street/Park namesake. APP, December 1927.
Story about the borough’s deadly auto-accident. APP, 1993.
Hamiltonian at Monmouth apartments ad, 1967.
Channel Club ad, 1967.
Asbury Park Press, Summer 1902.
Monmouth Beach Inn matchbooks.
F.W. Beers Map shows that Atlanticville is in Long Branch, 1873.
MB Map. F.W. Beers, 1873.
Map of MB Galilee section, late 1800s.
Monmouth Sailing Center ad. APP, May 1975.
Asbury Park Press ad, Sept. 1968.
Asbury Park Press, February 1901.
Red Bank Register, August 1987.
Asbury Park Press, October 1983.
MB native and special effects artist Lisa Clarity accepts a team Academy Award for “The Golden Compass” movie, 2007.
1970 “White Caps” Yearbook dedication to James Carr, MB School gym teacher.
Charter for MB Police Department PBA local designation, 1989.
Shoreland’s Association official banner, 1920s.
Blimp Los Angeles over MB, 1926 (Underwood Photo).
Dedication plaque for first MB School, 1909.
Dedication plaque for new MB School, 1975.
Survey map of MB, Woolman & Rose 1878.
Look familiar? It’s the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Boho, County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, 2020. Built in 1832.
Church of the Precious Blood inside, 1950s.
MB postcard, 1940s.
Asbury Park Press headline, Sept. 1909.
Asbury Park Press, July 1939.
Asbury Park Press, November 1964.
Schulz business sign in Beach Tavern, 2019.
Boyle’s Tavern Men’s Room, 2018.
Asbury Park Press, June 1932.
Asbury Park Press, May 1931.
Asbury Park Press ad, August 1921.
Map over MB area, 1770s.
NJ railroad system around MB, 1887.
NJ Central Railroad system around MB, 1941.
Galilee Fishing Association charter, signed March 1884.
Monmouth Beach promo ad, 1960s.
Asbury Park Press ad (later became the MB Inn), June 1938.
J.H. Schenck map of MB, 1868.
Monmouth Beach islands? No it’s in Ocean Twp., 1973.
Asbury Park Press, 1994.
Asbury Park Press ad, 1979.
Channel Club Tower ad, early 1970s.
Asbury Park Press, 1990.
Monmouth Beach, 1889 Wolverton’s Atlas of Monmouth County.
Asbury Park Press ad, July 1976.
Map of old shipwrecks near MB.
Map indicating “Shrewsbury Rocks” — a popular fishing spot off MB, 2015.
7-Eleven sought and failed to build a store at the corner of Beach Road and West Street, 1976
Shrewsbury Harbor Estates ad, 1974.
Map of MB Area, 1702.
Roads and Indian trails around MB, 1800.
Map of MB Area, 1770s.
Watson’s Guide Map of MB area, 1880.
Map of MB area (ie, Wardell’s Beach), 1860
Lawrence map of MB area, 1765.
MB map, late 1800s.
Daily Register story about MB bicentennial celebration, July 1976.
The MB penguin story, 1981.
MB Map, 2012.
MB Map, 2012.
Image of Dr. Humphrey and his medical book, early 1900s.
MB sign with coordinates, 1920s.
Map of Monmouth Beach, late 1800s.
Monmouth Beach Journal ad, early 1970s.
Monmouth Beach Journal ad, early 1970s.
Red Bank Register editorial, Sept. 1978.
First official map of MB, survey by Harry Forsberg, 1872.
First official map of MB, survey by Harry Forsberg, 1872.
MB coast, late 1800s.
Monmouth Park Racetrack (MB in the background), 1962.
MB map, 1962
Map of “Wardell’s Beach” (now MB), 1764.
J.H. Schenck map of Monmouth Beach area, 1868.
Sample ballot from first MB borough election, 1906.
Cancellation notification by CJ Railroad ending stops in Monmouth Beach, December 1945.
Map of shipwrecks off NJ coast, 1850s.
Sands Point condo billboard ad, 1970s.
F.W. Beers Atlas of Monmouth County, 1851.
Shorelands auction sales brochure, August 1925.
Monmouth Beach area map, 1812.
Monmouth Beach area map, 1769.
Map of Monmouth Beach, 1861.
MB property map by Woolman & Rose, 1878.
Jim McConville playing baseball for Monmouth College, 1972. Jim was the mayor of MB from 1997-2005.
Monmouth Beach southern border, 2018.
MB building zone map, 1930.
Map of Monmouth Beach, NJ, 1889.
MB veterans memorial on Beach Road, 2017
MB Fire Company-MB First Aid memorials on Beach Road, 2017
Map of the North Jersey Shore, 1702.
Ad for The Nell Grace hotel on Ocean Avenue in Monmouth Beach. Built as a private home in 1891 by A.P, Poral, the hotel burned in March 1941.
Ad for the first MB Firemen’s Fair, 1937.
Campaign card from when my father ran for MB School Board of Education, 1966.
New Monmouth Beach bank ad, 1968.
Flyer for Monmouth Beach property auction (front), 1919.
Flyer for Monmouth Beach property auction (back), 1919.
Monmouth Beach land advertisement, 1930s.
Monmouth Beach Mart ad, 1970s.
Post Hurricane Sandy blessing, 2012.
Post Hurricane Sandy warning, 2012.
MB-American Bicentennial Celebration Program, July 1976.
Sands Point North condo complex in Monmouth Beach, 2010s.
