Newsletter #19
The museum and gift shop have resumed our fall hours, Fridays 10-3, Saturdays 10-3 and Sundays 12-5 until the end of October.
Congratulations to Chris Pohle, our new Vice President, to John Serpico, our newest board member, and to Al Brannen, now an emeritus board member.
This month at the Wildwood Historical Museum... Mike Budd and Dan stopped in and Mike donated the Shamrock’s Bar Rail for the Barmaid! We also got a visit from Carolyn Travis, the creator and director of the Wildwood Days documentary. She recently brought in a dozen copies of the ever popular DVD for our gift shop and online store (wildwoodhistoricalmuseum.com/shop) there is always something new at exciting at our museum, so if you haven’t stopped in yet, what are you waiting for?!
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The “Wildwood Days of Doo Wop” book signing & release party today was a blast! We sold out of all our copies thanks to the many folks who were excited to show their support to author Michael Jasorka and editor Kirk Hastings. We look forward to getting this historical full-color comic book back in stock in September and will be taking orders for autographed copies soon follow @bombshell_comics for more.
Finally, a big thanks to the following Boyer Museum managers, volunteers & board members who showed up with their support today... Kathi Johnson, Jim Adair, Larry Lillo, Al Brannen, Jackson Betz, Anne Vinci and Al Alven, as well as everyone else in attendance! https://www.instagram.com/p/CSnlrBug-ui/?utm_medium=copy_link
Thanks to Rob & Lisa Ascough, Lew Vinci and Jim Adair for getting our display set up in our new stall at the Boardwalk Mall! Find it on the second floor at the end on the left side.
Jim also did a beautiful job displaying the mercantile & contractor licenses at our main location, the Boyer Museum. The Shakes neon sign from the Tom Cat diner lives on at @jurassicadventuregolf ice cream shop! We love their “Prehistoric Wildwood” wall. Stop in and say hello to them in North Wildwood meanwhile, the “steaks” sign will stay with us at its permanent home, the Boyer Museum.
Finally, check out some of the new items in our gift shop, which you can also purchase on wildwood historical museum.com shop wildwoodhistoricalmuseum.com/shop - a purple Wildwood neon sign by Ultra Neon, and the book “Nostalgia by the Sea” by Robert Friedenberg ($10) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSkwZkzAuIX/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Recent Acquisitions donated to the museum.
Bottle of original Lifeguard tan given to me
a few weeks ago. Donated by Bob Gavin and
his wife. Bob was a guard 1957 to 62 and is a
retired Philly firefighter. I thought he was
bringing me a jug of it as i remembered it
back in the day. However the bottle he gave
me was in fact a commercial bottle with ingredients
and Dutch Hoffman's name on the label.
I hope to do an article on it later for the printed newsletter
Also got from Joe Spuhler 1927 Wildwood hunting club
official club sealer. Pictures of his fathers gas station @1930's
on Pacific & Taylor avenues. Also for the 1st time a picture of
a gas station where Maggio's stood on Taylor & Pacific NW corner.
Donated 2 sets of blue print maps of Holly Beach City @ 1906,.
1960's Wildwood High basketball schedules and some Hunt's
Movie passes. Also Holly Beach Fire Co. book 1931
Anyone else have any donations give me a call and come
down to the museum and see these items yourself.
Larry Lillo.
609 522 2379
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Habits and Traditions
Rob Ascough
As much as my family led others to believe our annual Wildwood vacations were played fast and loose, we fell hard on year-to-year habits and traditions. A round of Fascination at Olympic Casino had to come before setting foot on an amusement pier. An evening excursion to Cape May took place on the second day of the trip, because the first night was set aside for the boardwalk and only the boardwalk. Even before unpacking to contents of his suitcase upon checking in, my father would procure a vacation guide from the motel lobby for a tide chart, because the ebbing and flowing of the waters around the island dictated which afternoon we’d set aside for renting a boat and crabbing.
Habits and traditions permeated every nook and cranny of our times in Wildwood, especially when it came to meals. The first dinner of the vacation – after getting settled in the room (and after my father committed the tide chart to memory) – took place at Hot Spot. The Original Hot Spot next to Mariner’s Landing, not to be confused with the half dozen other Hot Spots that dotted the boards like lame summer sequels. We’d ask for a table in the rear of the restaurant, overlooking the beach and amusements in the distance, talking about what we’d ride first when we made it over to Hunt’s Pier (after Fascination, of course.) Despite always remarking about the expansiveness of the menu, we’d order our favorites. For my father it was a meatball parm sandwich; for me it was a burger and corn on the cob, because at The Original Hot Spot the two made for an unexpectedly delicious combination.
The first breakfast of the vacation took place atop the Waikiki, more or less across the street from the Cape Cod Inn where we stayed and an easy walk (not requiring moving and parking the family station wagon). These days it seems the restaurant atop the Waikiki is an afterthought, varying in quality from season to season – a rotating door for aspiring restauranteurs erroneously believing the operation of a seashore eatery is simple and fun. But years ago it was a hot spot in its own way, and if your family woke up a little too late, you’d be waiting in line with growling stomachs in the hallway leading to it. As a kid I remember the view of Wildwood in the distance, before the owners of the adjacent Nassau Inn constructed a penthouse atop their motel to block the magical vista. Continue Reading
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This Months Picture Collage.......
Neons
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This Months Featured Video
1933 Wildwood Baby Parade
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