A tree-shaded avenue in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, lined with rows of white canvas tents pitched on wooden platforms. A large multi-story frame building rises behind the tents, and a low rail fence runs along the street in the foreground. Ocean Grove began in 1869 as a Methodist camp-meeting ground on the Jersey Shore, and its summer community mixed canvas tent dwellings with permanent cottages and frame boarding houses. The caption calls the scene "An Avenue of Tent Dwellers."
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Mamma wrote me
that you had sent the skirt
pattern. Many thanks
for same. Will write later. A.M.
Black-and-white halftone with a white margin at right carrying the caption ("7442—An Avenue of Tent Dwellers, Ocean Grove, N.J.") and a vertical publisher imprint (SOUVENIR POST CARD CO. N.Y.); handwritten message in the right margin and a circular postmark struck over the lower center of the image, indicating undivided-back era use. Rough wear along the left edge.
Postmark: WEST LONG BRANCH N.J. AUG 15 1906, with a second LONG BRANCH N.J. AUG 15 1906 cancel and a receiving mark "J.C.M. / C.O.D. N.J." at left. Undivided back printed "Post Card / THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS" in red; 1¢ Franklin stamp; halftone/matte stock; light edge and corner wear, slight soiling.
Cite this card
Avenue of tent dwellers, Ocean Grove, NJ, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/avenue-of-tent-dwellers-ocean-grove-nj-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.
