New Jersey - Atlantic City, Sand Artist

Sand Artist, Atlantic City, N.J.

This postcard is from 1909. 

New Jersey - Long Beach Island, Aerial View

Cities at Sea - Long Beach Island

From beginning to end, Long Beach Island is filed its continuous activity for vacationing families.

Photo by Larry Witt

The sender writes:
We had a very nice time, water nice with big waves.  Renee was very very good except for awaking at 7 AM everyday.  She loved the sand and wading with assistance.  It was too rough to get her out as I did.

This postcard is from 1974.

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Long Beach Island is a barrier island along the Atlantic Ocean coast in New Jersey, USA.

The island is home to about 20,000 people on a year-round basis. However, the island's population swells significantly during the summer months and reaches about 100,000 people, including part-time residents and tourists, who are often referred to as "shoobies".

New Jersey - Seaside Heights, Hurricane Sandy Aftermath on a Roller Coaster

National Post Card Week
May 3 - 9, 2015

Bob Concur, Piscataway, New Jersey

Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy 10/29/12
Roller Coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Largest Atlantic Hurricane on Record
68 Billion in Damage - 293 Dead
1100 Mile Diameter

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To give you and idea of how big 'Superstorm Sandy' was, in the United States it affected 24 states of the 50 states. This includes the entire eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine and west across the Appalachian Mountains to Michigan and Wisconsin, with particularly severe damage in New Jersey and New York. 

New Jersey - Titusville, A Dredge on the D&R Canal

A Dredge on the D&R Canal, Titusville, NJ

National Postcard Week
May 4-10, 2014

42nd Anniversary 1972-2014
Washington Crossing card Collectors Club
Washington Crossing, PA

New Jersey - Large Letter Postcard

New Jersey
The Garden State
2014

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This is from the State of New Jersey's web site:

Abraham Browning of Camden is given credit for giving New Jersey the nickname the Garden State. According to Alfred Heston's 1926 two-volume book Jersey Waggon Jaunts, Browning called New Jersey the Garden State while speaking at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition on New Jersey Day (August 24, 1876).
Browning said that our Garden State is an immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and open at both ends, with Pennsylvanians grabbing from one end and New Yorkers from the other. The name stuck ever since.
However, Benjamin Franklin is credited with a similar comparison of New Jersey to a barrel tapped at both ends. Some have used that to discredit Browning with naming the Garden State.
In 1954, the state legislature passed a bill to have "The Garden State" added to license plates. Before signing the bill into law, Governor Robert Meyner investigated the origins of the nickname and found "no official recognition of the slogan Garden State as an identification of the state of New Jersey." He added, "I do not believe that the average citizen of New Jersey regards his state as more peculiarly identifiable with gardening for farming than any of its other industries or occupations." Governor Meyner vetoed the bill, but the legislature overrode the veto. The slogan was added to license plates soon after.

New Jersey - Newark, Mutual Benefit Life Building

Mutual Benefit Life Building
Broad St.
Newark, N.J.
1912

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I read that this building is now the home of  IDT Corporation - a telecommunications company.

New Jersey - Trenton, American Legion

Corner in Reading Room, Hitching Post No. 93, adjacent Pennsylvania Railroad Station, sponsored by Trenton Post No. 93, The American Legion, Trenton, New Jersey.
1943

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The American Legion is a congressionally chartered mutual-aid veterans organization of the United States armed forces founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by the U.S. Congress. The American Legion was founded in 1919 by veterans returning from Europe after World War I. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and also has offices in Washington D.C. The group has nearly 3 million members in over 14,000 Posts worldwide.

New Jersey - Map

New Jersey
2014

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New Jersey is a state in the Northeast part of the United States. It is the fourth-smallest state, but the 11th-most populous of the 50 United States.

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Here is a small list of the MANY celebrities that were born / raised in New Jersey...

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Jason Alexander
Count Basie
Jon Bon Jovi
David Copperfield
Lou Costella
Danny DeVito
Michael Douglas
Whitney Houston
Nathan Lane
Queen Latifah
Jerry Lewis
Roy Liotta
Shaquille O'Neal
Joe Pesci
Roy Scheider
Frank Sinatra
Bruce Springsteen
Meryl Streep
John Travolta
Frankie Valli 

New Jersey - Atlantic City, Easter Promenade on the Boardwalk

Easter Promenade on the Boardwalk
Atlantic City, New Jersey
1913

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The Easter Parade is an American cultural event consisting of a festive strolling procession on Easter Sunday. Typically, it is a somewhat informal and unorganized event. Persons participating in an Easter parade traditionally dress in new and fashionable clothing, particularly ladies' hats, and strive to impress others with their finery.

New Jersey - Lucy the Elephant

Lucy the Elephant
"Lucy" is a National Historic Landmark.  She was built in 1881 by James Lafferty.  Lucy stands six stories tall and weights 90 tons.  Lucy was used as a function building.  Now visitors can tour inside for a small fee.
2013

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Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped example of novelty architecture, constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1881 by James V. Lafferty in Atlantic County, New Jersey in an effort to sell real estate and attract tourism.

Today, Lucy is a tourist attraction. Guided tours take visitors into the building through the spiral staircase in the left rear leg up into the interior, then up again into the howdah to see views of Margate, the Atlantic City skyline, and the Atlantic Ocean.

New Jersey - Fire and Ice Festival

Fire and Ice Festival
New Jersey

The annual Fire and Ice Festival is a one day event that takes place in Mt. Holly, NJ in January.  The fire comes in from the various chili recipes enjoyed while taking in the ice sculptures.
2013

(I believe these are ice sculptures made for the people who sponsor the event)

New Jersey - Kents Restaurant, Pacific Avenue and Downtown in Atlantic City

One of the Kents Restaurants in Atlantic City (Midtown)

1700-04 Pacific Avenue - At Illinois Avenue Corner - opposite Post Office

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Kents Downtown Restaurant in Atlantic City
2124-28 Atlantic Ave., Opposite Railroad Station - Two minutes from Convention Hall

P.S. Be sure to visit Kents Restaurants when you come to Atlantic City.  They certainly have good food in their modern restaurants: -
Uptown: Atlantic Ave. at N. Carolina
Midtown: Pacific Ave. at Illinois; opp. P.O.
Downtown: Atlantic Ave. opp. Union R.R. Station

New Jersey - Ocean City, Boardwalk at Music Pier

Boardwalk at Music Pier
Ocean City, New Jersey

The Music Pier is Ocean City's most well known landmark.  It is the site of concerts and meetings.
1990

the sender is a young child who writes:
Hi, I'm Having Fun at the beach
Love Tim

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Ocean City is a city in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.  As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 11,701.  In summer months, with an influx of tourists and second homeowners, there are estimated to be 115,000 to 130,000 within the city's borders.

Known as a family-oriented seaside resort, Ocean City has prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages within its limits since its founding in 1879.

The Travel Channel rated Ocean City as the Best Family Beach of 2005.

Princeton University in New Jersey

Princeton University
Blair Hall, 1897
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton's first English Collegiate Gothic Building.  John Insley Blair, trustee 1866-1899, donor.  Blair Hall is one of Princeton's campus dormitories.
1981