Picture of the Day No. 176 – “AERIAL VIEW OF SOUTH BASIN AND SUNSET DRIVE, STONE HARBOR, N. J. – CIRCA 1950” 
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Picture of the Day No. 176 – “AERIAL VIEW OF SOUTH BASIN AND SUNSET DRIVE, STONE HARBOR, N. J. – CIRCA 1950” 

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...

Picture of the Day No. 175 – “STONE HARBOR – ANGLESEA FERRY SERVICE  ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHED – JULY 7, 1911”
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Picture of the Day No. 175 – “STONE HARBOR – ANGLESEA FERRY SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHED – JULY 7, 1911”

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...

Picture of the Day No. 173 – “THE ICONIC ‘NAUTILUS APARTMENTS’ AND THE 88th STREET & FIRST AVENUE AREA OF STONE HARBOR IN THE LATE 1940s”
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Picture of the Day No. 173 – “THE ICONIC ‘NAUTILUS APARTMENTS’ AND THE 88th STREET & FIRST AVENUE AREA OF STONE HARBOR IN THE LATE 1940s”

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...

Picture of the Day No. 172 – “THE PARK THEATRE – 1944”
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Picture of the Day No. 172 – “THE PARK THEATRE – 1944”

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...

Picture of the Day No. 170 – “STONE HARBOR FISHING CO.”
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Picture of the Day No. 170 – “STONE HARBOR FISHING CO.”

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...