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Atlantic City High School's Class of 1958 Website - Part 2
411 Danielle Drive,
Linwood,
NJ,
08221
United States of America
Tel: 609-927-1205
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| ACHS CLASS OF '58 |
We're coming back together now!
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| OLD ATLANTIC CITY PICTURES & BEST "MAKE-OUT" SPOTS |
 Here are some pictures from the "Old" Atlantic City, which might bring back some fond memories:
The Atlantic City Beach. How many of you guys were lifeguards? How many of you girls ever dated a lifeguard?
Remember the diving bell on the Steel Pier? Did you ever go on it?
Remember the stores on the Atlantic City Boardwalk?
Remember Hackney's Restaurant in the Inlet? Did your parents ever take you there for dinner?
More stores on the A.C. 'boards
Of course you remember the High Diving Horse on the Steel Pier!
Click your Refresh Button to see the Diving Horse in action!
Remember talking to Mr. Peanut when you were a kid?
Did you ever eat at Captain Starns in the Inlet?
The Old Ambassador Hotel.
The President Hotel (submitted by Linda Galvan)
Historic AC Buildings
The Diving Collegians at the end of the Steel Pier
Tony Grant's "Stars of Tomorrow" on the Steel Pier
The Knife & Fork Inn still exists and re-opened last year.
Of course we all remember the Million Dollar Pier!
We probably all ate at Kent's Restaurant on Atlantic Avenue at one time or another.
And a number of you went to church and/or school at St. Nick's.
Remember the elegant Traymore Hotel?
The Atlantic City Boardwalk
The famous Steel Pier. Remember all the fun we could have there for a couple bucks?
The Steeplechase Pier
Ed Doughty & his sister Gail ride a Fire Engine on the Steeplechase Pier during the Summer of 1945.
Remember the Atlantic City Race Track?
Next-door Ventnor City also had (has) nice beaches
Down in Margate was (and is) Lucy the Elephant
There was (and is) the beauitful Margate Parkway section of Margate
And, of course, Margate had (and has) its beaches, too!
Chick Lehrer just sent thse old pictures. Thanks, Chick!
A train pulls into the A.C. Station
The Old Atlantic City Train Station
A Trolley Car pulls up near the Steel Pier
The Last Trolley makes its Final Run
Ellen Freet submitted these great photos. Thanks, Ellen!
On May 6, 1937 the airship "Hindenburg" flew over Atlantic City just a few hours before it burst into flames and crashed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. In the photo you can see the Mass. Ave. School, the Breakers Hotel & the St. Charles Hotel. And if you look closely you can see the swastikas on the airship's tail fins.
The Atlantic City Boardwalk when we were freshmen. (only kidding, guys! This was taken in the late 1800's.)
The Atlantic City Lighthouse in the late '50's.
Pennsylavania Avenue & the Boardwalk in 1948.
Kentucky & Pacific Avenues in the Summer of '54.
The Starn's Inlet Sailboat leaving the Inlet in the late '50's.
ACHS at Night! What a terrific picture! 
Davida Gardner's husband, Marty, contributed these pictures of AC after the Hurricane of '44.
 
 
 
Barbara Frolow looked at the above pictures & shares these memories with us. To read those memories 
ATLANTIC CITY'S HISTORIC FIRSTS
World's first Boardwalk -- opened in 1870.
Steel Pier, the world's premier amusement pier -- opened in 1898.
Salt Water Taffy. Originated in 1883 on the Boardwalk after a storm flooded a candy
store.
Postcards. The first-ever picture postcards were color views of Atlantic City.
Rolling Chairs debuted in 1887. The chairs are now a permanent attraction for visitors and
an excellent way to travel the Boardwalk.
Monopoly. If the street names sound familiar and you've never been to Atlantic City, it's
because the game of Monopoly was developed by Charles Darrow in 1929 using the city's
streets. It went on to become the most popular board game ever.
"Airport." The word was first used in Atlantic City in reference to the city's flying
field.
Miss America. The pageant has made Atlantic City its home for over 80 years and today is the
largest scholarship program for women in the world. The first Miss America was crowned in
1921.
BEST SPOTS to PARK & MAKE-OUT in the Late Fifties (not in order)
1. The Point at the End of Longport
2. The Seawall at the Inlet
3. Ventnor Heights at the very end of Dorset Avenue (also called "The Spot")
4. B.A.B. in Margate next to the Bay
5. The Atlantic Drive-In
6. The Absecon Drive-In
Do you remember any other good spots, you old rascals?
A member of the Class of '59 has just added these "spots":
7. The tennis courts at Albany Ave. just over the bridge from the high school. Numerous parking spots. Spent many an hour there.
8. In warm weather, the beach. In particular, near (or under) the Margate Pier.
9. In cool weather, any dead-end beach-block street where there were no resident homes - just out-of-towner's vacation homes. There were lots of these from Longport to Margate.
10. In Ocean City, virtually ANY beach block street, if you were dating an Ocean City girl, as I did on several occasions.
Skip Mayall added this "Spot":
11. Harrisburg Ave & the bay, at or around the White Estate...not as famous, or infamous, but ...close for some...often timing is everything. (you got that right, Skip!)
A recent study found out which days men prefer to have sex. It was found that men preferred to engage in sexual activity on the days that started with the letter "T". Examples of those days are as follows:
Tuesday
Thursday
Thanksgiving
Today
Tomorrow
Thaturday
Thunday
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