Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection
Digital Discovery: Facts & Photos on Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook … I’ve sought to make this a pleasing and positive website....
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Nauvoo — Start of Sea Bright
Birth of a beachtown … It was first called “Nauvoo.” The area’s original settlers — Nathan Woolley, William Giles, and Johnty Smith — probably...
Images of Sea Bright …
Classic photos of a seaside borough … Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach have a lot in common. So much in fact — for about...
Long Branch Pier & Boardwalk History
Witness to the incineration of a city landmark … It had an aura and electricity all its own. Today, few people know, and even...
Long Branch Hotels: Great Views
Grand oceanfront lodgings highlight city glory … The magnificent seashore hotels that once sprawled along the Long Branch coastline are endlessly fascinating to me....
Long Branch: Eating & Drinking
Photo-essay on city restaurants and bars through the years … Long Branch has always had its share of good dining and drinking spots —...
Monmouth Beach Mayor’s Gallery
Mayors of the Borough of Monmouth Beach, NJ — Since its 1906 incorporation as a municipality, 16 people have held the town’s highest elected...
“Wooden Palaces” of Monmouth Beach
Spectacular seashore mansions … One way the wealthy like to flex is through the building of huge houses. A fetching feature of Monmouth Beach...
Long Branch Casino: City Crowning
Start of a City … The Long Branch Casino — majestically considered and placed where the city’s two greatest boulevards meet — had a...
Near Miss for “Sky King”
Juan Trippe survived to build an air-transport empire … The railroad played a major role in the early development of our shore area dating...
Local Railroads: MB • LB • SB
For Gilded Age elites to make a remote seashore region (Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach and Long Branch) into an exclusive summer resort, they required...
“Carnegie Comeback” — Long Branch Library
(And Elberon Library history included) It’s considered an original “Carnegie Library.” And it now has a handsome new shine. The Long Branch Free Public...
Seasons in the Sun: Our Beach Clubs
Summers Remembered in Monmouth Beach, Long Branch and Sea Bright … There’s no place like home — except maybe the beach. During peak summer...
Sea Bright’s “Motel”
It’s had multiple identities over the past 65 years — only the geography is unchanged. In recent times, the spot has undergone a glorious...
Monmouth Beach Golf Club
Monmouth Beach was very likely home to the first formal golf course on the Jersey Shore.* Just before the turn of the 20th century,...
Boyle’s Tavern: “Neighborhood Bar”
I first walked through the door at age 18. It was cool, dark, and mysterious. My friend, Joe, was the guide. His dad, Emmett,...
President Loved Monmouth Beach
Benjamin Harrison — the nation’s 23rd president — visited 130 years ago. A former President of the United States of America did visit Monmouth...
