The Photo Map

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Sandy Hook Lighthouse
- Merchants' Memorial to Cadwallader Colden urging a Lighthouse at Sandy Hook — ca. 1761
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse — 1764
- The Light House on Sandy Hook, S.E. one mile — ca. 1777
- The High Land of Never-sink and Sandy Hook Light House, 1814 — 1814
- The High Land of Never-sink and Sandy Hook Light House, 1814 · colorized — 1814
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse — elevation looking northwest, HABS NJ-326 sheet 3, 1937 — 1937
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse — south view, HABS NJ-326, 1937 — 1937-05-10
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse at the decommissioned Fort Hancock, 2017 — 2017
- The Sandy Hook Lighthouse at dawn — 2025-09-01
Approaches to New York Harbor
- A Sketch of the Operations of His Majesty's Fleet and Army under the Command of Viscount and General Howe, 1776 — 1777
- Chart of the Entrance of Hudson's River, from Sandy Hook to New York, 1778 — 1778
- Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the Environs, 1844–1845 — 1844
Sandy Hook bar and approaches
- Five Views of the Entrance to New York Harbour, 1777 — 1777
- A Chart of the Bar of Sandy Hook, 1784 — 1782
- The Pilot coming Aboard at Sandy Hook from Pilot Boat "New Yorker", 1904 — 1904
- The Pilot coming Aboard at Sandy Hook, 1904 · colorized reinterpretation — 1904
Sandy Hook peninsula
- Letter from Major General Lord Stirling to Henry Laurens, 15 November 1778 — 1778-11-15
- Sandy Hook from the air, 2026 — 2026-06-25
Navesink Highlands ridge
- A Geological Section from Sandy Hook to the Catskill Mountains, 1820 — 1820
The bar off Mantoloking
- Wreck of the Ship John Minturn, 1846 — 1846
- Wreck of the Ship John Minturn, 1846 · colorized — 1846
Sandy Hook tip (northern spit)
- Showing the progressive changes in Sandy Hook from 1779 to 1851 — 1851
- The New Fort near Sandy Hook, 1865 · colorized reinterpretation — 1865-04-29
- The New Fort near Sandy Hook, Illustrated London News, 29 April 1865 — 1865-04-29
Twin Lights of Navesink
- The Highland Lights and Beacon Hill · colorized reinterpretation — ca. 1875
- The Highland Lights and Beacon Hill, Navesink Highlands — ca. 1875
Highland Beach resort footprint
- Map of Property of the Highland Beach Association, August 1880 — 1880
- Plan of Highland Beach and Highlands of Navesink · atlas plate — ca. 1889
- The Great Switchback R.R. at Highland Beach, colorized — ca. 1892
- The Great Switchback R.R. — a second angle, ca. 1892 — ca. 1892
- Plat map of Highland Beach lots 20–48, N.J. Southern Railway alignment — ca. 1893
- The Oracle of the Highlands of Navesink — Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1895 — 1895-09
- The Basket Pavilion and shooting gallery, ca. 1898 — ca. 1898
- Bowling & Billiards, Choice Fruits, Imported & Domestic Cigars, ca. 1900 — ca. 1900
- Ocean bathing at Highland Beach · painterly reinterpretation — ca. 1900
- Ocean bathing at Highland Beach, ca. 1900 — ca. 1900
- The pre-Route 36 bridge from the ferry pier, Twin Lights on the ridge — ca. 1900
- The Highland Beach ferry pier and Shrewsbury bridge, ca. 1905 — ca. 1905
- Colorized postcard — regatta afternoon at the pier, ca. 1908 — ca. 1908
- Colorized postcard — the New Jersey Southern arrives at Highland Beach, ca. 1908 — ca. 1908
- Colorized postcard — the Sandlass Pavilion at bathing hour, ca. 1908 — ca. 1908
- Colorized postcard — the bathhouse row and floating dock, ca. 1908 — ca. 1908
- Colorized postcard — the pavilion at low tide, ca. 1908 — ca. 1908
- Hand-colored postcard — Highland Beach, Highlands, N.J., ca. 1908 — ca. 1908
- The Merry-Go-Round pavilion and restaurant, ca. 1908 — ca. 1908
- Colorized postcard — the Sandy Hook Steamer at Highland Beach, ca. 1910 — ca. 1910
- Merry Go Round, Highland Beach, N.J., c. 1910 — ca. 1910
- The Basket Pavilion dance hall, c. 1910 — ca. 1910
- William Sandlass Jr., studio portrait, c. 1910 — ca. 1910
- Early biplane over the Shrewsbury with the Highlands behind, ca. 1911 — ca. 1911
- Early biplane over the Shrewsbury with the Highlands behind, ca. 1911 · colorized — ca. 1911
- AI-colorized entertainment complex with the Bamboo Garden sign, ca. 1912 — ca. 1912
- AI-colorized entertainment complex — plaza detail, ca. 1912 — ca. 1912
- Colorized postcard — Bamboo Garden, Rector's Famous Band Now Here, ca. 1912 — ca. 1912
- Colorized postcard — the bathing crowd at the pavilion, ca. 1912 — ca. 1912
- Sunday Morning, Highland Beach — colorized postcard, ca. 1912 — ca. 1912
- The Sandlass entertainment complex — the plaza corner, ca. 1912 — ca. 1912
- Bathing in the River, Highlands, N.J., c. 1915 — ca. 1915
- Sandlass Pavilion, Highland Beach, N.J., c. 1915 — ca. 1915
- The Bamboo Bar in its original position, c. 1915 — ca. 1915
- Colorized postcard — the swimming platform under HIGHLAND BEACH, ca. 1918 — ca. 1918
- Four women in a rowboat at the Sandlass Beach bathing area, ca. 1918 — ca. 1918
- Four women in a rowboat at the Sandlass Beach bathing area, ca. 1918 · colorized — ca. 1918
- Highland Beach looking north — ocean, tracks and Building 600 in its original position, c. 1920 — ca. 1920
- Inside the Bamboo Garden Air-Drome, c. 1920 — ca. 1920
- Inside the Bamboo Garden Air-Drome, c. 1920 · colorized — ca. 1920
- Colorized postcard — the beach at bathing hour, ca. 1922 — ca. 1922
- Inside the Bamboo Garden Airdrome — ca. 1922
- The Bamboo Garden Airdrome interior — small-format print — ca. 1922
- The HIGHLAND BEACH bathhouse row, ca. 1925 — ca. 1925
- Colorized postcard — the Highland Beach swimming area, ca. 1928 — ca. 1928
- The Highland Beach station platform on a summer Saturday, ca. 1928 — ca. 1928
- Meet Mrs. Sandlass — Sandy Hook Steamers newspaper advertisement, ca. 1930 — ca. 1930
- The Sandlass Beach parking lot with Twin Lights on the ridge, ca. 1940 — ca. 1940
- Aerial view of the Route 36 crossing to Sandy Hook, ca. 1948 — ca. 1948
- The Sandlass Beach Club, Highland Beach, ca. 1948 — ca. 1948
- Bay Avenue and the Route 36 bridge from above, ca. 1950 — ca. 1950
- Aerial view of Highland Beach with the rock seawall, ca. 1955 — ca. 1955
- The Merry-Go-Round pavilion — color, later era, ca. 1955 — ca. 1955
- Color aerial of Highland Beach with the ocean seawall, ca. 1958 — ca. 1958
Highlands, New Jersey (borough center)
- M. A. Teaney's Meat Market, Highlands — ca. 1895
Building 600 / Sandlass House (600 Hartshorne Dr.)
- The Sandlass Beach Club veranda from the road, ca. 1908 — ca. 1908
- Framed oil painting of a Hawaiian hula dancer from the Bamboo Room — ca. 1935
- Inside the Bamboo Room bar — the full run of the counter, ca. 1935 — ca. 1935
- Inside the Bamboo Room bar, ca. 1935 — ca. 1935
- The Bamboo Room sign — ca. 1935
- The Sandlass Baths — the family-house sign from the road, ca. 1935 — ca. 1935
- Watercolor rendering of the Bamboo Room bar interior — ca. 1935
- The Sandlass parking lot with the family house, ca. 1946 — ca. 1946
- AI-colorized Bamboo Room bartenders, ca. 1948 — ca. 1948
- Inside the Bamboo Room bar — a wider angle, ca. 1948 — ca. 1948
- Inside the Bamboo Room — the definitive interior, ca. 1948 — ca. 1948
- Inside the Bamboo Room — the hula mural corner and jukebox, ca. 1948 — ca. 1948
- Two Bamboo Room bartenders in uniform, ca. 1948 — ca. 1948
- AI-colorized view — the Sandlass parking lot with Building 600, ca. 1950 — ca. 1950
- The Sandlass family house — Building 600 — in color, ca. 1962 — ca. 1962
Highlands bluff overlooking Sandy Hook Bay
- Colorized postcard — the sawtooth Shrewsbury bridge from the Highlands, ca. 1910 — ca. 1910
Highland Beach
- Highland Beach from the air — ca. 1955
Sea Bright / Highland Beach — old Fort Hancock south boundary
- Bamboo Room menu cover — the Sea Bright location, ca. 1965 — ca. 1965
Sandy Hook Bay
- A small boat crosses the bay — 2025-09-05
- The Pratter, underway — 2025-09-05
- Manhattan across the bay, evening — 2025-09-08
- A windy afternoon on the bay — 2025-09-16
Highlands bayshore
- The Pratter at the dock — 2025-09-05
- A boat and the buoy, the city beyond — 2025-09-19
- A boat below the bluff — 2025-09-19
- Fishing past the channel buoy — 2025-09-19
- Shorefront houses at sundown — 2025-09-19
- A deer at sundown — 2025-09-20
- A deer crosses the road — 2025-09-20
- Sundown over the bay — 2025-09-20
- Watching the sun go down — 2025-09-20
- The spit and the open bay — 2025-09-21
- The city from the ridge — 2025-10-10
- A rough day, the city behind — 2025-10-12
- Gulls on the flats — 2025-10-12
- The Sandy Hook Lighthouse lantern — 2025-10-12
- The city through the grass — 2025-10-12
- A buck in the brush — 2025-11-01
- The city at blue hour — 2025-11-01
- The city over the spit — 2025-11-01
Highlands
- Manhattan across the bay, night — 2025-09-08
- Highlands at first light, 2026 — 2026-08-19
North Sandy Hook, looking toward New York
- The Hook and the city, 2026 — 2026-07-02
The Highlands waterfront
- A Highlands marina from above, 2026 — 2026-07-03
Navesink River at Sandy Hook
- The mouth of the Navesink, 2026 — 2026-07-03
Route 36 bridge, Highlands to Sea Bright
- The Route 36 bridge, 2026 — 2026-07-12