From the Blogfinger archives. Date unknown.
Paul,
After reading your blog and the story in the Asbury Park Press, I found a story in The NY Times archives that there was a time when folks had a desire to go beyond the “tent city” moniker .
The attached shows the winds of change were blowing strong in 1911 when OGCMA seemingly changed its focus and decided to compete with Asbury Park for tourism with both municipalities lighting up Wesley Lake and joining in a July 4 program at what was known then as the Auditorium.
Best Regards
George (Beecroft) of Ocean Grove
JACK ALBIN AND THE HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA BAND c. 1910
ENRICO CARUSO WITH CAST OF “Samson and Delilah” (see the first comment below) Camille St-Saens wrote this opera music, and then, after he actually read the story, he pulled all his own hair out.