The Resort… Revisited – July 29, 2016
Summer of 1965 Vol. 11 Edition 3 Issue Highlights According to Frontier Town’s new policy for 1965, the entrance fee bought guests not only admission but also rides and shows as well. In the column,...
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Summer of 1977 Vol. 23 Edition 7 Issue Highlights The Hurricane Nightclub on 71st Street offered midweek drink specials to its patrons. Ladies’ Nites on Tuesdays and Thursdays featured 75 cent drinks....
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – August 12, 2016
Summer of 1963 Volume VIIII Edition 7 Issue Highlights The Adventure Floating Homes company was marketing heavily in Ocean City, offering a sample house that was open daily at Ship Café. An ad read, “A...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – August 19, 2016
Summer of 1977 Volume XXIII Edition 3 Issue Highlights • In its full-page advertisement, Paul Revere Smorgasboard on 2nd Street and the Boardwalk was offering its “come as you are for all you can eat”...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – August 26, 2016
Summer of 1968 Volume XIV Edition 6 Issue Highlights • This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Mimi Trone, who was also featuerd in the Hess Apparel full-page advertisement. • An editorial headlined “High Rise...
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Summer of 1969 Volume XVII Edition 2 Issue Highlights • Hastings Real Estate Inc. listed a one-bedroom oceanfront condominium for sale for $19,950, including “wall to wall carpet” and “paneled walls.”...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – September 2, 2016
Summer of 1965 Volume XI Edition 2 Issue Highlights Frontier Town introduced “U-Drive-Em Goat Carts” and a “prairie dog colony” new for the summer. Every day at the Atlantic Hotel Boardwalk Artist...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – September 9, 2016
Summer of 1968 Volume XIV Edition 2 Issue Highlights • This week’s Resorter girl was Marlene Dryden, who was also featured in Hess Apparel’s full-page ad donning a bathing suit by Elisabeth Stewart...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – September 16, 2016
Summer of 1968 Volume XIV Edition 1 Issue Highlights • This week’s Resorter Girl was Susan Richardson, who was also featured in the Hess Apparel full-page ad. • English’s Chicken & Steak House was...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – September 23, 2016
Summer of 1979 Volume XXV Edition 9 Issue Highlights • This week’s Resorter Girl was Margaret Mulholland, 22, an Easton native who was working at Phillips North this summer before returning to her...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – March 10, 2017
Summer of 1977 Volume XXIII Edition 6 Issue Highlights This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Baltimore resident Dottie Caldwell, who was 21 years old when pictured. Herb Reed of the Original Platters was...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – March 17, 2017
Summer of 1963 Volume VIIII Edition 7 Issue Highlights The Adventure Floating Homes company was marketing heavily in Ocean City, offering a sample house that was open daily at Ship Café. An ad read, “A...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – March 24, 2017
Summer of 1965 Volume XI Edition 2 Issue Highlights Bobby Baker’s Carousel was calling itself the “most luxurious year around resort motel on the coast.” Welsh Pharmacy on 28th Street was happy to...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – March 31, 2017
Summer of 1971 Volume XVII Issue 7 ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Althea Rutherford, who was also featured in a full-page advertisement from Hess Apparel, which had a store on 9th...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – April 7, 2017
Summer of 1969 Volume XVII Edition 2 Issue Highlights • Hastings Real Estate Inc. listed a one-bedroom oceanfront condominium for sale for $19,950, including “wall to wall carpet” and “paneled walls.”...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – April 14, 2017
Summer of 1979 Volume XXIV Edition 7 Issue Highlights • This week’s “Resorter Girl” was 21-year-old Kim Waters, who was a waitress at the Hayloft this summer and was planning to travel to New York City...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – April 21, 2017
Summer of 1964 Volume X Edition 1 Issue Highlights The new Royal Palm Court on the bay at 12th Street was unveiled in an advertisement. Courtesy of Herbert Berger Ltd. Sportswear of Ocean City, the...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – April 28, 2017
Summer of 1979 Volume XXIV Edition 6 Issue Highlights •This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Lisa Coffman, a 20-year-old Baltimore resident who was working at Phillips Crab House during the summer of 1979....
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – May 5, 2017
Summer of 1963 Volume XIV Edition 8 Issue Highlights Daniel Trimper Real Estate on 9th Street and Baltimore Ave. was advertising Captain’s Hill in West Ocean City. It was marketed as, “The gracious new...
View ArticleThe Resorter … Revisited – May 12, 2017
Summer of 1958 Volume IV Edition 1 Issue Highlights Bill’s Famous Ship Café, located at 14th Street and Synepuxent Bay, was open from 6 a.m.-2 a.m. and home to the New Bill Jim, which was billed as the...
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