GALA DAYS RULE!
The Gala Day celebration at Highland Beach with Grand Illumination, Marine Parade and a Hop in the Evening. Author’s collection. The...
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susangardiner813
May 28, 2022
PROHIBITED TIMES!
On November 25, 1923, Bill McCoy, possibly the most celebrated bootlegger of the Prohibition era, found his career as a smuggler at an...
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May 14, 2022
STARS BY THE SEA!
Independent Motion Picture Company star Mary Pickford in 1916. Leaving New York City on the journey southward towards the Sandy Hook...
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Apr 30, 2022
SNOW WHITE TENTS!
"FANCIES AT NAVESINK" Last of ebb, and daylight waning, Scented sea-cool landward making, smells of sedge and salt incoming, With many a...
susangardiner813
Apr 23, 2022
MOVIES AT THE BEACH!
Postcard of Highland Beach Resort, Boardwalk, c. Early 1900s. The spectators' viewing stand during the making of early silent films while...
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Apr 9, 2022
THRILL OF THE RIDE!
Highland Beach Resort, GREAT SWITCHBACK RAILROAD, c. 1889. – Courtesy of Sandlass Family Archives “I can just imagine the excitement, and...
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Apr 2, 2022
AMERICA’S CUP SPURS HEYDAY!
The Finish. America's Cup Race, off Sandy Hook, Sept 16th 1885 between the American Sloop Puritan and the English cutter Genesta. The...
susangardiner813
Mar 26, 2022
WISH YOU WERE HERE!
Sandy Hook, originally known for its fishery and the lighthouse built in 1764, enchanted the passersby on steamboats as the new century...
susangardiner813
Mar 19, 2022
BEAUTIFUL HIGHLANDS!
The Highlands of Navesink built its own identity. The availability of private clubs drew tourists in from New York City. Guests enjoyed...
susangardiner813
Mar 12, 2022
A SEASIDE TURNOUT!
By the 1880’s, societal influences and seashore improvement companies converged on Highlands. Their explosive impact caused a rise in...
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Mar 5, 2022
NEW Million Dollar Bridge!
The new 1932 Million Dollar Bridge opened to traffic alongside the 1892 Criss Cross rail line offering a new connection to Highlands and...
susangardiner813
Feb 26, 2022
WILL BE BACK BY MONDAY!
Courtesy of Twin Lights Museum The Highlands of Navesink built its own identity. A type of lodging was available in the form of private...
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Feb 20, 2022
HIGHLANDS HOTELS THRIVE ACROSS THE RIVER!
Two additional fast steamers were built to go to Highland Beach in the summer of 1895. The direct local service brought greater numbers...
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Feb 12, 2022
GOT OCEAN GROVE BEAT A MILE!
From the 1890s until 1910, there was a progressive growth in Highlands’ population when the summer populace peaked in this vacationer’s...
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Feb 5, 2022
GRAB THE BRASS RING!
As early as 1892, music drifted along the Highlands and Highland Beach riverbanks on warm summer days infusing energy throughout the...
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Jan 29, 2022
ALL ABOARD, HIGHLANDS!
Journey by rail! Highlands and Highland Beach connected by a pedestrian and rail bridge in the 1890s. An increase in transportation...
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Jan 22, 2022
TWIN LIGHTS GUIDE SHIPS!
The picturesque nature of Highlands and its surroundings overlooking the Sandy Hook peninsula were described in the nineteenth century by...
susangardiner813
Jan 15, 2022
WHY DO WE LOVE THE SEA?
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. – Ralph Waldo Emerson This innocent strip of sand looks like many others on the...
susangardiner813
Jan 8, 2022
STILL ALIVE!
In the early 1900s, business was booming, and land values in Highlands had more than doubled over a few years. The Red Bank Register of...
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Jan 1, 2022
HIGHLANDS LOCALS OPEN TRADE WINDS ROOM!
Until this time, the Sandlass Baths, Highland Beach served day trippers and locals who filled the river and ocean beaches at the summer...
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