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Meet Mrs. Sandlass — Sandy Hook Steamers newspaper advertisement, ca. 1930

ca. 1930

Highland Beach, foot of Sandy Hook

A New York newspaper advertisement for a Sandy Hook Steamer day excursion to Highland Beach, ca. 1930. The headline reads MEET MRS. SANDLASS. The ad copy: "The most mouth-watering, delicious dinner you ever ate, awaits you at Highland Beach. Savory clam chowder that makes you hungry just to smell it… fresh-caught fish, well-cooked vegetables and home-made apple pie… How to get it? Take a Sandy Hook Steamer for a sail-rail-motor trip down the coast to Mrs. Sandlass' — then enjoy the surf until you're ready to come home. It costs only $3.00 — dinner and everything!" Schedule information runs down the left column: departures from West 42nd Street, phone Barclay 9670. Signed: SANDY HOOK STEAMERS · OPERATED BY NEW JERSEY CENTRAL. Dating on the Barclay exchange and the illustration style places the ad in the late 1920s or early 1930s.