General view of the boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ, 1944

About this postcard

Strollers in summer dress fill the Ocean City boardwalk, with beachgoers scattered across the sand toward the surf. American flags fly from lamp posts along the walk, and a long pavilion-like building lines the left side. The sender writes of riding the Ferris wheel the night before and wishes her friend could be there, a small glimpse of the amusements that made the boardwalk the center of the resort's summer life. Ocean City was laid out in 1879 as a dry, family-oriented resort on a barrier island south of Atlantic City.