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Title: M.E. Hoopes
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a peacock perched on a thin tree branch. Daniel S. White, Jr. purchased The Traymore from M.E. Hoopes in 1886., Advertising text for the Traymore Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey printed on verso: The Traymore, having been re-painted and being furnished in the best modern style throughout, with thorough light and ventilation (requisite in summer houses), with use of elevator for invalids, and owing to arrangements, that have been perfected, have secured the services of the most efficient and experienced assistants in the various departments, and being determined to use all my energy and ability, anticipate exceeding its past excellence, which the liberal patronage it has received attests. Very respectfully, M.E. Hoopes., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hoopes [1975.F.410]

Title: Chester County House, Atlantic City
Description: Glass negative showing a large three-story building with a sign reading "Chester County House." The building has a wide porch and wraparound balconies on the second and third floors. A dirt road runs to the right and another tall building stands in the distance on the left The Chester County House, an Atlantic City hotel, was in use by 1862. In 1908 it was bought and renamed Netherland, later renamed again to Lexington. It was demolished in 1967. The hotel gained notoriety when the 1870 discussions between proprietor Jacob Keim and railroad conductor Alexander Boardman about the construction of a boardwalk were held on the premises., No. 17., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.91.1]

Title: U.S. Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J
Description: Depicts a man on the beach looking past a grove of trees toward the palatial hotel situated on the block bounded by Atlantic, Delaware, States, and Pacific avenues. The luxury hotel, one of the city's first, opened in 1854 under the ownership of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad. The hotel was razed in 1898., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New Jersey., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Hotels [5742.F.6a]

Title: Hotels along the Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Views are taken from a lower vantage point so that several hotels and surrounding areas can be seen in some detail., Negative numbers: 6201, 6202, P240, P241, P244.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926-1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6201; P.8990.6202; P.8990.P240; P.8990.P241; P.8990.P244]

Title: Traymore House, Atlantic City, N.J
Description: Illustrated trade card promoting the Traymore hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey and depicting two Japanese women walking in opposite directions. Shows the women, attired in kimonos and holding parasols, walking on the grass. In the right is a partial view of a fence and part of a roof with geometric designs along the side. A tree grows in the background. The Traymore began as a boarding house in Atlantic City in 1879 and expanded to become a large resort hotel. It was demolished in 1972., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of the advertising business., Advertising text printed on verso: “The Traymore,” Sea end of Illinois Avenue, Atlantic City, N.J., Will re-open for the reception of guests June 1st. The House, situated at the sea end of Illinois Avenue, containing upwards of seventy apartments and being one of the nearest to the beach (which is within 100 yards), with nothing to obstruct the view, gives it the advantage of having more pleasant Ocean rooms than any other house of its capacity in Atlantic City., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Traymore [1975.F.872]

Title: Boardwalk and City Park Atlantic City, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the coastline in Atlantic City, New Jersey. View shows the boardwalk, beach, and other areas in the vicinity of City Park., Negative numbers: 5644.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5644]

Title: Steel Pier, Boardwalk at Virginia Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Distant and close-up views show the pier and adjacent hotels and beaches along the Boardwalk. The Steel Pier was one of the major amusement piers built off the boardwalk in Atlantic City at the turn of the century. In 1898, the steel girder structure extended 1500 feet from the boardwalk into the Atlantic Ocean and was expanded to 1780 feet in the 1930s., Negative numbers: 14863n, 14867n.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.14863n; P.8990.14867n]

Title: Palm Sunday or Easter Sunday, the boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J
Description: Group portrait of a crowd of hundreds of promenaders crammed on the Atlantic City boardwalk during the Lenten season of the early 1920s. All the promenaders are attired in hats and their holiday best, including an elegant African American woman. The Schlitz Hotel, the Hotel Dunlop, the Steel Pier, and the Atlantic Ocean are seen in the background. Spectators look down from the balcony at the Schlitz Hotel. Starting in the late 19th century, Atlantic City became a haven for the well-to-do to celebrate Easter and model their fashionable holiday wear and millinery., Purchase 1984., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from content and attire of the people., Blind stamp: George S. MacManus Co. Corporation Seal Pennsylvania 1940., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photos - unidentified - Cities [P.9005.29]

Title: [African American woman caregiver with her two white charges in Atlantic City]
Description: Full-length portrait of an African American woman caretaker standing on the steps with a white girl and a white boy. The woman, wearing her hair tied up and attired in a hat and a long-sleeved, white dress with a belt, stands on the sidewalk before the stairs with her right hand in front of her waist and her left hand behind her back. The girl, wearing her curly hair with a bow tied in the left and attired in a long-sleeved white dress with a belt, white socks, and Mary Jane shoes, stands on the steps facing the viewer with her hands at her side. In the right, the boy, attired in a sailor suit with a belt and shoes, stands facing the viewer with his hands at his sides. In the left is "The Criterion," a hair dressing parlor in Atlantic City. The parlor operated from 1907 until 1908, first at the Hotel Islesworth, then The Hotel Bothwell., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from the attire of the sitters., Accessioned 1998., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1907]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photos - 5 x 7 - unidentified - Recreation [P.9619.3]

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