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Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, Published 1998. Paperback, 128 pp; 24 cm; illustrated throughout with more than 200 black-and-white photographs and historical maps.
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In Very Good condition. Matte pictorial paper covers, the front showing a sepia 1920s group photograph beneath flag bunting (with the red Images of America series banner over the title); mild shelf wear to edges and a light crease at the top corner of the front cover. Binding tight. Otherwise unmarked.A photographic history of the New Jersey shore city that became one of the Gilded Age's premier seaside resorts, compiled by Monmouth County historian Randall Gabrielan and issued in Arcadia's Images of America series.[From back cover] Long Branch's rich and varied past makes it one of Monmouth County's most important historic places. Although much of the physical evidence of its earlier days is gone, historian Randall Gabrielan has gathered a collection of images that vividly represent the New Jersey city that became a mecca for presidents, financiers, and gamblers. In Long Branch People and Places, tour stately summer homes, visit hotels of the gilded age, and behold Long Branch's famed Ocean Pier, widely considered a 19th-century engineering marvel. Through this collection of more than 200 photographs, discover how Long Branch developed into a significant resort in the 1800s, and gain insight into its business power, educational life, and spiritual being. Randall Gabrielan is a Monmouth County historian and the author of many popular books in the Images of America series. His enthusiasm for local history and its relationship to current affairs is evident on every page.Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction; Northern Neighborhoods; Inland Sections; The Shore Communities; A Few Long Branch People.