Atlantic City Then and Now (Then & Now Thunder Bay)

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Welcome to Atlantic City, New Jersey, the birthplace of many pop culture phenomena, including Monopoly, the Miss The usa Pageant, salt-water taffy and The Donald (Trump, that may be). Discover the unusual history of this glamorous resort the town in Atlantic City Then and Now, a new title within the top-selling Then and Now series.

• Fascinating then-and-now photographs highlight Atlantic City’s evolution-from its early days as a get-away for Philadelphians, through its decline within the mid-20th century, to its 21st-century incarnation as a gambling and entertainment mecca.
• Stroll along town’s famous Boardwalk! First built in 1870 to keep sand off hotel carpets, the Boardwalk has witnessed tremendous changes.
• Check in to probably the most Eastern Seaboard’s most extravagant turn-of-the-century hotels like the Traymore, the Marlborough-Blenheim, and the Shelburne.
• See how Donald Trump turned swampland into gold, with photographs of the once impoverished Inlet area that now boasts high-end resorts.
• Take a spin at the world’s first Ferris wheel, at Missouri and Mississippi Avenues, now the web site of the Trump Taj Mahal casino.
• Glimpse icons of the past, like Boardwalk Hall, home of the Miss The usa Pageant and the Chesterfield sign, once the arena’s largest electric sign with 27,000 light bulbs.
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