
Harlan’s History
Post Cards from the Past
Harlan Radford was born and raised in South Jersey and while growing up his family would spend their vacationing at Stone Harbor usually at C-7 Weber Court. He has a particular love of Stone Harbor and its rich history. Currently retired, Harlan was a high school Social Studies teacher for 34 years in the northeast Ohio community where he now resides. He has always had a strong interest in the Jersey Shore and has been collecting post cards most of his life. Harlan belongs to numerous historical society’s and has been writing for the Historical Society of Riverton (N.J.) for 20 years.
Harlan reestablished his connections to Stone Harbor this past year and we are pleased to announce that he has agreed to write a series of short histories derived from postcards for the Stone Harbor Museum website. We are excited to announce that these pieces of Harlan’s Histories will start appearing on Fridays. Stay tuned for his first history on Friday, January 7th

Harlan Radford
Picture of the Day No. 55 The Annual Stone Harbor Baby Parade in 1928

Picture of the Day No. 54 The Boardwalk and Municipal Fishing Pier

Picture of the Day No. 50 The Lennon Family in Stone Harbor, New Jersey

Picture of the Day No. 49 Stone Harbor Mayor Samuel E. Herbert’s Big Drum Fish Caught in the Great Channel, Stone Harbor

Picture of the Day No. 48 View Overlooking 95th Street and Second Avenue

Picture of the Day No. 47 A Children’s Play Class on the Beach During the Summer of 1935

Harlan’s History No. 73 – C-7 WEBER COURT BUNGALOW COLONY STONE HARBOR, NEW JERSEY

Picture of the Day No. 46 Baby Parade on the boardwalk at Stone Harbor on July 4, 1928

Picture of the Day No. 45 – The Stone Harbor Fire Department’s Band at the original Shelter Haven Hotel

Picture of the Day No. 44 – The First Stone Harbor Borough Council in 1914

Picture of the Day No. 43 – Map of the Land and Water Immediately West of Stone Harbor

Picture of the Day No. 41 – “The celebrated expressionist artist Peter Max comes to Stone Harbor.”

Harlan’s History No. 70 “A PICTURE THAT TALKS” OF STONE HARBOR, NEW JERSEY

Picture of the Day No. 39 – “One of the Beautiful, Fully Furnished Bungalows Offered at This Great Auction Sale”. 1917

Picture of the Day No. 38 – Ruth Martin (McClure) and Evelyn Martin (Walsh) 1920s

Harlan’s History No. 68 AN EXTRAORDINARY FIND: A REAL PHOTO POST CARD DISCOVERED FROM STONE HARBOR, N. J. – DATED 1908

Picture of the Day No. 36 – The Stone Harbor Life Saving Station practicing firing their special line-throwing Lyle gun 1909

Picture of the Day No. 35 – 108th Street Stone Harbor Beach Patrol Station Summer of 1930

Harlan’s History No. 67 “News Reels Make Movies of Diving Apparatus Here: Getting Publicity for Stone Harbor Saturday, October 11, 1930”

Picture of the Day No. 33 – “STONE HARBOR: NEW JERSEY – THE EARLY YEARS / A Thumbnail History of Its Beginning”

Picture of the Day No. 26 – Railroader and popular Stone Harbor resident Harry Clark in 1920

Picture of the Day No. 19 – Shelter Haven Hotel and the Charles A. Kertell House 1912
