Atlantic City Memory Lane

Submitted by nemorosus from AZ. Entered on May 15, 2008
"Well I see on Google Earth that they made the ol neighborhood, Pintey Village, from Georgia Ave to Mississippi Ave a huge parking lot. Ahhhhhhhh progress" Edit Entry

Submitted by Judy Gilmore from Boston. Entered on May 14, 2008
"Hi Ned, I stand corrected! It was Skinny. I worked the 500 Club at the mature age of 12. Serving drinks was alot better than babysitting for 50 cents an hour. Only in AC. I worked for a man named "the Mole." Judy" Edit Entry

Submitted by ned from Margate City. Entered on May 14, 2008
"Hi Judy, Enouch, " Nucky" Johnson was the boss not only of the county but had a great influence throughout the state. "Skinny" D'mato was the owner of the 500 Club and ran same for years. A great guy.." Edit Entry

Submitted by ned from Margate City. Entered on May 14, 2008
"Hi Judy, Enouch, " Nucky" Johnson was the boss not only of the county but had a great influence throughout the state. "Skinny" D'mato was the owner of the 500 Club and ran same for years. A great guy.." Edit Entry

Submitted by Alan "Woody" Woodin from Mays Landing N.J. . Entered on May 14, 2008
"For Walt Craig-When I got my job as an usher on the Steel Pier, I started at $1.00 an hour. That was in 1957. When I came back for the summer of 1958, I was increased to $1.25 an hour. My boss was Lester Jackson and the Pier Manager was Bill Morgan. They all worked for Geo. Hamid Sr. and Jr. The first summer I worked in the Casino Theater. A first run movie and Dancing Waters. The next three summers, I worked in the Music Hall Theater. The Music Hall had a B movie and the stage show featuring the star of the week. After the show, I worked the "Tony Grant-Stars of Tomorrow." Edit Entry

Submitted by Bob Rosenfeld from Ventnor NJ. Entered on May 14, 2008
"For Walt Craig---I was an usher in the Music Hall on Steel Pier in 1935. We were hired for 25 cents per hour and went on strike befor the season started for more money."THE" Frank P Gravatt increased us to 30 cents and we returned to work. Being in the Music Hall with the stage shows was a great opportunity to see all the big stars of the day. Fred Perone was our captain. He later became a big judge in town. I also remember my paycheck was about 10.00" Edit Entry

Submitted by Ed.Crean Jr from Little Egg Harbor,NJ. Entered on May 13, 2008
"If anyone has photos from Pleasantville Speedway please contact me because I am looking for photos of my fathers two cars he drag raced there,a 1956 Chevy and a 1968 Fairlane Cobra,his name is Ed.Crean Sr and I want to get the photos for him because he has Muscular Dystrophy and I know he would love seeing them because he no longer has either cars I'm also looking for photos of Two Guys department store in West Atlantic City and photos of The Shore Mall from the 1980's of the stores I remember such as Doctors Pet Shop,Copper Rivit,Spencer Gifts,Space Port Etc." Edit Entry

Submitted by Judy Gilmore from Boston. Entered on May 13, 2008
"i thought Nucky Johnson was from the 500 Club! Judy" Edit Entry

Submitted by Walt Craig from Mickleton, NJ. Entered on May 13, 2008
"Anyone out there from the 1936-39 era who remembers that to get a summer job on the Steel pier that paid $2 dollars a day, you had to have an ok from Nucky Johnson?" Edit Entry

Submitted by Bob Rosenfeld from Ventnor, NJ. Entered on May 7, 2008
"for Gloria--Can`t see any faces of the night in my memory. Just remember trying to wash the egg of the wall. Funny ,the stupid things you remember" Edit Entry

Submitted by Gloria Clauson Herring from Webster,NY. Entered on May 7, 2008
"Yes Bob, I remember that party well but I had forgotten who the culprits were. Thanks for reminding me. My family had left me home to baby sit my nephew, Kenny, who was born in 1945 and he was 1 or 2 at that time. Did I catch it when they got home! What other Kadima boys were involved?" Edit Entry

Submitted by Bob Rosenfeld from Ventnor, NJ. Entered on May 7, 2008
"Hey Gloria ! I have a memory flash of a party or sorority meet at your place when you lived behind the store when we "the Kadima boys" were put out for throwing eggs. Seemed like fun at the time. Might still be. Who knows? Does it ring a bell? It was only about 65 years ago." Edit Entry

Submitted by Marty Hyman from South Phila Pa.. Entered on May 6, 2008
"I was at the Steel Pier Cowboy Friday morning when Georgia Gibbs was singing . "Ring of Fire" and the pier cought fire. Still looking for "kids on Aunt Lucy's Boardwalk Star revue on Garden Pier." Edit Entry

Submitted by Gloria Clauson Herring from Webster, NY. Entered on May 6, 2008
"Hey Bob R. See you made it back from Vegas. You and Joan must be happy. Wish I could be back there too. Thanks for reminding me of the Boardwalk fire. I forgot that one. The Webster Library didn't have that book by Franklin Kemp suggested to me on this site by Bill Warner,but I looked it up on E Bay tonight and somone in Colorado is selling it for $599.95!! Must be some book!! Thanks Bill, for letting me know it exists tho." Edit Entry

Submitted by Bob Rosenfeld from Ventnor, NJ. Entered on May 6, 2008
"For Gloria C.H While your hot on fires,don`t forget when the Strand Hotel at Penna & Bdwk went down. And how about the whole bdwk block from Virginia to Maryland. We sure knew how to put on a great fire." Edit Entry

Submitted by Bill Warner from Northfield NJ. Entered on May 5, 2008
"For Gloria Clauson Herring: There is a very good book about the Atlantic City Fire Dept. It is called Firefighting by the Seashore by Franklin Kemp. It is out of print and hard to get but check out your local library. It has all the information that you are looking for. " Edit Entry

Submitted by Rick Perrin from Seaville, N. J.. Entered on May 3, 2008
"To those who remember Richter's bakery. My aunt was good friends with Mr. and Mrs. Richter. They were the nicest people. I remember Mr. Richter giving me a jelly donut every time my aunt brought me into the bakery. We used to visit them in their home too. Mr. Richter once told me a story about how he used to bake for the german army duing World War Two. Not that he wanted to, but was forced into it. They were so happy when they were able to move to the U. S. After they passed away we lost contact with their childen. Wish we had great bakery's like that today." Edit Entry

Submitted by Gloria Clauson Herring from Webster, NY. Entered on May 3, 2008
"To Barry from Seattle Thanks for confirming that my memory of that fire on States Ave was real and not in my imagination. I also remember the Hamid's Million Dollar Pier fire. Much to my Mother's dismay, when the fire alarm sounded, my Father, Harry, my two brothers, Elliott and Alvin, and I would jump up and drive to the fire no matter what time it was. Do you remember the Food Fair fire at California and Atlantic? My brother Al picked up a hose and helped the firefighters fight that one. Also, when I was very young, the oil tank fire out on Absecon blvd? When one of the tanks exploded, someone yelled RUN!!! There was a black cloud of burning oil overhead. My brother El picked me up to protect my body from the heat and ran.He said later that he was thinking of throwing me under a car but then the cloud passed. A lot of people were severly hurt that day. I'm not sure of the year for that one but I'd guess it was way back in the summer of the mid 1930's. Anyone left out there who goes that far back?? " Edit Entry

Submitted by stan sladek from cockeysville md. Entered on May 3, 2008
"if any of you get to boiling springs, PA look up the allenberry playhouse, they have and will ship GREAT STICKY BUNS. allenberryplayhouse.com" Edit Entry

Submitted by Barry from Seattle WA. Entered on May 3, 2008
"For Gloria Clauson Herring, Webster NY. In response to one of your queries in your post of April 29: The general alarm fire you recall was likely the one on January 7, 1952 that consumed the west (south) tower of the St. Charles Hotel and many nearby buildings on the boardwalk and westward (north) along States and New Jersey Avenues. The fire destroyed the 6-storey Congress Hotel, the 5-storey Davis Hotel, both on St. Charles Place, the 12-storey south tower of the St. Charles, the Lorraine and sundry other, smaller nearby buildings. The fire threatened to take many more structures, including rooming houses, private homes and apartment houses on both avenues. It was a bitter cold early morning when the first alarm came in, the fire having started in the Congress which was closed for the season. Driven by stiff northwest winds, had the wind shifted much more of the Inlet would have been destroyed. I remember that much of New Jersey and States Avenues south of Oriental Avenue remained unbuilt upon into the era of "Pauline's Prairie" in the mid-1960s. As a teenager in the late-1950s, I lived at 114 South New Jersey Avenue (Arabella Apartments) and the old folks (to be polite) thereabouts told me what had happened. I have since researched the story in the New York Times (1/8/1952, page 1.) You may also remember the fire at the Million Dollar Pier on September 13, 1949 that claimed the lives of several caged animals; I remember my sister carrying me to watch the blaze from a spot on the boardwalk in front of the Traymore and being more fascinated by the moving Sherwin-Williams sign that showed their paint "covering the world." Well, now I'm the age of the "alter kokker" who used to sit in front of the apartment house on nice days and talk about the land before time began; it seems fair. " Edit Entry