The Boardwalk Fire

This picture is from a fire in the mid 70’s and part of the Lost Film Collection. The Lost Film Collection consist of a number of rolls of undeveloped film I discovered in 2005 and developed. The grain structure is a little different, but otherwise most of them survived very well.

Boardwalk Fire in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Boardwalk Fire in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ

 

The Florida Keys

I will be spending the month of January in the Keys and taking that opportunity to update my various Keys postings on my websites. I will also be giving up my site that is specific to this subject. That site was never fully developed, not from the lack of interest, but from the lack of time.

Bahia Honda Bridge Graphic
Bahia Honda Bridge Graphic

Photo In The Fog – Dec. 3

Skull Creek Pilings In The Fog
Skull Creek Pilings In The Fog

This morning was very still and a heavy fog laid over Skull Creek. I rowed up to the Skull Creek Marina and photographed the old section which is now just pilings sticking out of the water with pelicans perched here and there.

 

Bay Head Is Under Water – 1932

Bay Head Boro Hall
Bay Head Boro Hall

On November 10, 1932, the Barnegat Bay rose six feet and left much of Bay Head, New Jersey under water. The photograph displayed here was taken by Tupper, a professional photographer located in Lakewood.  Tupper on occassion did work for Slade Dale, and I would appreciate any information that anyone can provide about him. Mr. Tupper appears to have been a very good photographer and I hope his work has been preserved somewhere.

 

Dale Yacht Basin, Bay Head, NJ, Circa 1948

Dale Yacht Basin, located in Bay Head, NJ, for many years in the 1940s and 50s, held one of the largest boat shows on the east coast. The photos in the slideshow below are of boats arriving directly by rail to the showroom, the boat basin, the show itself, visiting dignitaries, F. Slade Dale, and several promotional  photographs from the era. These photos were done by Morris Rosenfeld, the leading yachting photographer of his day. The Rosenfeld negative collection now resides at Mystic Seaport.