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Atlantic City, New Jersey, c. 1900; Two New Restrations

  

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Via:  a-macarthur  •  9 years ago  •  16 comments

Atlantic City, New Jersey, c. 1900; Two New Restrations

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A. Macarthur
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link   seeder  A. Macarthur    9 years ago

When I was a kid, I went to Atlantic City with my family every summer that was in the 1950's, but these two scenes are pretty much typical of the look and feel of scenes I recall. After the casinos came in, the family atmosphere deteriorated.

Can't go back too bad. Maybe now that some of the casinos are failing, some smart legislators and developers will try to re-create "the way things used to be."

 
 
 
Randy
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link   Randy    9 years ago

Your work is so good, that to compliment it more would seem repetitive. Beautiful!Grin.gif

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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Thanks for the kind words MM and Feronia.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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Where is everyone?

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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link   seeder  A. Macarthur    9 years ago

They've all been abducted by aliens A.Mac, it's just you and me left on the planet...

In that case, select the trout stream and I'll meet you there.

Glad to know you're doing well.

 
 
 
Randy
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link   Randy    9 years ago

We're the left behind's.Grin.gif

 
 
 
TTGA
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link   TTGA    9 years ago

Still here and watching Mac. Like Randy, I've sort of run out of superlatives to adequately describe your fantastic work on these pictures.

I've noticed that in the first photo there is a lighthouse in the background. Is there anybody around who has been to Atlantic City and can tell us if it still exists? It would be really interesting to find out.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   Buzz of the Orient    9 years ago

Is that some way to describe a socialist horse's ass?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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Their beach apparel was definitely more conservative : )

What would have happened is someone wore a bikini back then - would they be arrested for "decent exposure"?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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A. Macarthur
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TTGA,

The lighthouse is still there repurposed so-to-speak.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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To catch a record Pennsylvania Brook Trout

For yourself, Larry C, Larry H, Kavika and a few other NT folk to then, in succession, beat that record, fish until sunset, go out for pizza then head back to my porch in the Poconos and shoot the breeze on a black, star-filled night while the local whip-poor-will goes on-and-on.

That's about it.

I'm easy.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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What would have happened is someone wore a bikini back then - would they be arrested for "decent exposure"?

They would have been given work at the now long gone Globe Burlesque Theater on the A.C. Boardwalk.

 
 
 
Dowser
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link   Dowser    9 years ago

Great pictures, A. Mac! You really have a talent for restoring these old pictures! Great job!

It would be fun to go back in time to just visit the area, as it was...

 
 
 
TTGA
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link   TTGA    9 years ago

FAR OUT!!! Why didn't I think of that when I got married; well, except for the fact that we got married in Wisconsin. Since Kenosha is on the Lake Michigan shoreline, I'm sure that there is a lighthouse somewhere in the area, but they're all still being used for the original purposes.

 
 

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