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Steamboat Days on the Chesapeake: Betterton and Tolchester Beach
Jr. James Tigner
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Description for Steamboat Days on the Chesapeake: Betterton and Tolchester Beach
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 328 images. BIC Classification: WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 972.
Over 300 postcards and engaging text present Maryland's beach resorts of yesteryear. Before the completion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and improved highways, the Chesapeake Bay was dotted with many beach resorts. By the 1890s, the two most popular beaches in Maryland were Betterton and Tolchester Beach. It was a time when going to the beach meant an excursion boat ride across the bay. Betterton's heyday was from the 1890s to the 1940s, when Betterton's Victorian wooden hotels were booked solid and served home cooked meals all summer. From its beginnings as a small picnic ground in the 1870s, Tolchester ... Read more
Over 300 postcards and engaging text present Maryland's beach resorts of yesteryear. Before the completion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and improved highways, the Chesapeake Bay was dotted with many beach resorts. By the 1890s, the two most popular beaches in Maryland were Betterton and Tolchester Beach. It was a time when going to the beach meant an excursion boat ride across the bay. Betterton's heyday was from the 1890s to the 1940s, when Betterton's Victorian wooden hotels were booked solid and served home cooked meals all summer. From its beginnings as a small picnic ground in the 1870s, Tolchester ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764331091
SKU
V9780764331091
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Ref
99-2
About Jr. James Tigner
Jim Tigner is an antiques and collectibles dealer, specializing in postcards, paper memorabilia, and ephemera. He has long been interested in the history of the Chesapeake Bay, particularly its steamboat lore and old beach resorts.
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