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25 Oct, 7 tweets, 2 min read
Casino and boardwalk, Asbury Park, N.J, 1900s.

Prints will be available soon.
Original by Detroit Publishing Co.

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“Asbury Park's Casino housed amusements like video poker and dark rides similar to those across the street at Palace Amusements.

In the 2000s, the Casino suffered the same demolition by neglect that was one of the factors in the destruction of Palace Amusements.“
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📷 Photo taken in 1855, colorized for The Colour of Time.
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A Prussian Landwehrmann tanning rat skins in a dugout, WWI.

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