Here is a splendid panoramic view of the popular Stone Harbor Yacht Club that was built in 1910 and was located at 89th Street and Sunset Drive. This image was also obtained from the Stone Harbor Museum archives and was issued in a 1917 publication, some 107 years ago. The Yacht Club, boasting a large...
Here is another remarkable panoramic scene showing Stone Harbor’s expansive beach and fine elevate wooden promenade. This image resides in the Stone Harbor Museum archives and is contained in a wonderful booklet issued by the South Jersey Realty Company titled “STONE HARBOR, N. J.: SUMMER HOMES FOR SALE AND RENT SEASON 1917”. The caption associated...
How about a change of pace? Surely there are times when some photos do not need or require much description. Here is such a photo taken in 1946 that we might agree basically speaks for itself. Hopefully some of our viewing audience will know the names of some or all of these 8 young people...
So, what’s all the excitement about? This very active scene certainly depicts an important and seemingly celebratory occasion on a sunny summer day for many happy and well-dressed spectators. This photo image was discovered at the Stone Harbor Museum archives. While we do not actually know when this photo was taken, it is quite likely...
Here is yet another image gleaned from the Stone Harbor Museum archives. While we do not know what year this photo was taken, we can surmise it is probably from the time of 1911-1915. We do however know that the scene depicted here shows the starting point for one of the very popular holiday marathon...
When I discovered this photo of a gathering on the Stone Harbor beach, I was motivated to search my own post card collection for other images that depicted more relaxing beach scenes with people enjoying Stone Harbor’s fine bathing beach. The resultant search brought 6 more images to be featured herein, all having been postmarked...
This particular photo was discovered in the Stone Harbor Museum archives and records indicate it was taken on July 4, 1911. This image depicts a very large number of contestants, each with identifying a bib number showing they were properly registered and participating in what was becoming quite popular, “marathon” or distance racing. In fact...
In order to get to the “New” Stone Harbor in the very early days, visitors, sightseers and prospective home buyers had few options and frequently traveled by ferryboat at some point. The first image here is a colorful post card with a copyright date of 1912. Stone Harbor at this time was just making headway...
The first image provided here is a vintage post card published in 1911. The caption that appears on the front of this post card states the following information: “Head of the two-mile vehicle procession passing over Stone Harbor’s new bridge and mainland roadway, opened by Gov. Woodrow Wilson, July 3, 1911”. This is certainly quite...
