Bond’s Lifesaving Station, Holgate NJ (Private Residence)

Bond's Lifesaving Station - Holgate NJ - Private Residence

Bonds’ Lifesaving Station in Holgate is now a private residence.  It was one of six stations on Long Beach Island.

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Tucker’s Island – the Atlantis of Long Beach Island.

Tuckers Island Lighthouse replica at Tuckerton Seaport

Tucker’s Island was a small community on an island/peninsula just south of Holgate.  The island had been inhabited since the late 1700’s. In the 1800’s Rueben Tucker purchased the island and built a home and small tavern. The community grew. Eventually it was about half the size of Beach Haven.

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Books about Long Beach Island by  Margaret Thomas Buchholz

Books about Long Beach Island by Margaret Thomas Buchholz

Explore Margaret Thomas Buchholz’s captivating books about Long Beach Island. Dive into the rich history and beauty of LBI.

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Books about Long Beach Island By John Bailey Lloyd

Books about Long Beach Island by John Bailey-Lloyd

Discover the captivating tales of Long Beach Island with books by John Bailey Lloyd. Dive into the rich history & culture of LBI. Explore now!

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The Lucy Evelyn at anchor in Little Egg Harbor.

Lucy Evelyn at anchor

The Lucy Evelyn was a three masted schooner built in 1917 in Harrington Maine and homeported in Machias Maine.  She served for a number of years including the packet trade to South America. At one point in World War II, she was shelled by a German U-Boat and survived.

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Schooner’s Wharf in Beach Haven

Schooner’s Wharf is a collection of shops in Beach Haven located where the Lucy Evelyn was once beached. 

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Whale mural at Hands in North Beach Haven

Mural of two right whales on the north side of Hands in North Beach Haven.

There is a spectacular mural of two right whales on the north side of the Hands Building on 14th street in North Beach Haven.

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1963 ad for Parker’s Terminal Variety

Parker's Terminal Variety from a 1963 ad

A long gone variety store in Beach Haven New Jersey. 

 

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1963 – Ad for DeFreita’s Bar and Liquor Store

1963 Ad for De Freita's Bar and Liquor Store

DeFreita’s Bar is now Kubel’s Too. 

 

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