This photograph resides in the Stone Harbor Museum (SHM) archives and we are grateful to the SHM curator for permitting us to present this 80 year old image at this time. The only background information we have pertaining to this photo is as follows: “Aunt Jane Telefario’s house, ‘The Workingman’s Cottage’ in the 1940s and...
Featured here is a rather crisp and clear black and white photo showing an aerial view of the 85th Street Yacht Basin and in all likelihood taken around 1950 or thereabouts. Without doubt, this image depicts a calm and tranquil summer scene in the northern part of Stone Harbor. Long-time resident and friend Graham Hueber...
What a great way to advertise the new Stone Harbor-Anglesea ferry boat service. For a fare of just 10-cents each way, “Fast, Staunch Power Boats leave Parkway Pier, Stone Harbor, and Mace’s Wharf, Anglesea, every half hour”. Furthermore, this particular advertisement provided information about additional ferry services connecting Atlantic City to Cape May, via Stone...
The first image presented above is about a part of Stone Harbor that is the thrust of this brief written account. This particular scene looking eastward focuses on one of two lagoons and a group of houses in the foreground that were built in the 1960s that overlook the Great Channel. The large expansive 21...
Here is yet another interesting aerial photograph discovered at the Stone Harbor Museum archives repository. Several notable and long-standing buildings are depicted in this particular late 1940s image. In the lower left corner for example, we see the large building located on the beach near 89th Street popularly known as the “Nautilus Apartments”. The consensus...
This photo showing the Park Theatre marquee displays the names of the feature movie attraction playing and principal performers. Does this image jog anybody’s memories? You will have to go all the way back to the summer of 1944 when the American popular comedy/action film was released for movie goers. Stone Harbor’s only movie theatre...
Illustrated here is a 1960s post card view of the display case at the small parking area on Third Avenue with the Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary in the background. In 1941 the Stone Harbor Bird Club was organized and soon thereafter they recognized an area in the lower or southern part of town being a...
Fishing and shipbuilding were key industries throughout the early history of Cape May County. However, very little is known about the two wooden structures shown in the image accompanying this post. There is no question however that Stone Harbor was certainly in its infancy when this photo was snapped. The 7 men portrayed in this...
Shown here is the actual listing of a Stone Harbor, N. J. property located on the southwest corner of First Avenue and 101st Street. While no date is given, we know that this two-story beach front detached corner seashore cottage with a standard lot measuring 60’ x 110’ had a list price for sale of...
No. 144 – “THE HERBORT BEACH FRONT COTTAGE” – Located on First Avenue, near 88th Street, on the southwestern portion of lots 22, 24, 26, block 88, overlooking both the beach and the boardwalk, this fully furnished cottage (top left photo) has 8 rooms and bath (4 bedrooms), large porches and all modern conveniences. Rent,...
