Shorpy May 30, 2017

Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1904. “Boardwalk and Hotel Chalfonte.” Demolished in 1980 to make room for a parking lot. 8×10 inch glass negative.


 
 

May 1942. Southington, Connecticut. “An American town and its way of life. The Memorial Day parade moving down the main street. The small number of spectators is accounted for by the fact that the town’s war factories did not close. The town hall is in the left foreground.” Medium format Kodachrome transparency by Fenno Jacobs for the Office of War Information.