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Interior of the Great Auditorium and organ, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1939

Subjects
ChurchesCrowds & GatheringsInteriors
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Interior of the Great Auditorium and organ, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1939, Samuel Strauss Co., NY, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Interior of the Great Auditorium and organ, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1939, Samuel Strauss Co., NY, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A packed view down the tiers of the Great Auditorium at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, with the vast pipe organ facade and an American flag at the center of the platform and the mottoes "Holiness to the Lord" and "So Be Ye Holy" flanking the choir loft. The auditorium, erected in 1894, is the centerpiece of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, a Methodist seaside camp founded in 1869, and its Hope-Jones organ of 1908 was long promoted as the largest in the world. The caption follows that claim, and the crowd shown reflects the summer preaching services that drew thousands of visitors to the Jersey Shore resort.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Bob: This is a very large Auditorium holds [illegible] ten thousand people. We are having lovely weather so nice for Vivian is on her vacation & we are having a lovely rest. Vivian looks at your picture so much and shows it to everyone if you dont get here soon it will be all worn out. Affectionately Moe M. Decker.

PublisherSamuel Strauss Co.
Interior of Auditorium, showing Largest Organ in the World, Ocean Grove, N. J. HOLINESS TO THE LORD SO BE YE HOLY © ADAMS & BROWN PHOTO 9A-H2231 --- PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE POST CARD SAMUEL STRAUSS CO., BROOKLYN, N.Y. GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
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Postcard record

PublisherSamuel Strauss Co.
Series9A-H2231
ConditionVery good
PublisherSamuel Strauss Co., Brooklyn, NY
NotesLinen-textured stock with a cream/white border; Curt Teich-style production number 9A-H2231 at lower right, indicating a 1939 issue. No postmark. Divided-back linen-texture Curteich card ("C.T. Art-Colortone", number 9A-H2231) with Samuel Strauss Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. imprint; light edge wear, faint pencil "SALY 3" at top center.

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Interior of the Great Auditorium and organ, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1939, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/interior-of-the-great-auditorium-and-organ-ocean-grove-new-j. Accessed October 24, 2026.