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The front page of The Oracle of the Highlands of Navesink, Vol. 1 No. 4, September 1895 — a periodical from Highland Beach with a masthead illustration of the Sandlass Pavilion complex and a front-page photograph of the August 3rd regatta crowd

The Oracle of the Highlands of Navesink — Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1895

1895-09

Highland Beach, foot of Sandy Hook

The front cover of The Oracle of the Highlands of Navesink, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1895 — a Highland Beach-published newspaper. The masthead engraving shows the Sandlass Pavilion complex on the Shrewsbury with the Highland Beach railroad station at left and the highlands ridge behind. The front-page photograph is captioned GALA DAY, AUGUST 3d — SCENE ON SHORE DURING THE RACES and shows a crowd of perhaps a thousand people around the pavilion for the summer regatta. Primary source material of the resort's second decade.

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Title
The Oracle of the Highlands of Navesink — Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1895
Date
1895-09
Source
Sandlass Family Collection · via ATH archive
Contributor
Sandlass Family Collection
Rights
Sandlass Family Collection — permission granted for ATH publication
Slug
hb-family-img-8493

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The Oracle of the Highlands of Navesink — Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1895 (1895-09). Sandlass Family Collection · via ATH archive The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/hb-family-img-8493/.