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A very cute and rare set of Jersey Shore Postcards from 1913. Took me 3 years to track them down (I already had the little Dutch girl) but the the one with the little boy was even harder to find. I have sen a few over he years on ebay but they wanted just too much for them.
ENJOY THEM PLEASE!
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Here is another R.P.P.C. (Real Picture Post Card) that came with the lot. Although postally unused I love it. I think it's from the late 30's to early 1940's
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All are very attractive. I especially enjoyed seeing the very cool Dutch children Jersey Shore pennant postcards, but then again the landscape one is very, very nice. |
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| Edited by stampfan9 - 10/23/2014 09:46 am |
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Well today it FINALLY arrived..I was about to give up on it..Anyway my new Jersey Shore, Pa. Mailed in July of 1913
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Reverse:
Since the stamp has been (unceremoniously) removed I can still tell what stamp was affixed because of the stamps remainder left on the card and date it was mailed are all clues...Scott #397 1˘ Vasco Nunez de Balboa
The Missing stamp:
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ILS, great bit of detective work. I love the Dutch children themed cards. |
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OK as most know I collect my hometown covers, picture postcards (used if possible) and along the way I have noticed a couple things or rather key years...for instance the 'lil Dutch Boy & Girl Post Cards and many covers with contents mentioning people taking trips and how exciting it was to ride the trains and trollies...but it dawned on me that the trolly car system in Jersey Shore was put in, or rather finished in 1913 -right when the steel industry came into town and replaced the old logging industry! So I thought it would be fun to put together a little information on the trolly system. I recently found an old trolly car ticket and some of the older tokens but when the Rail road and the Electric Street Railway merged they made new tokens of brass. I don't yet have any of those but I will soon. so please enjoy my mini Jersey Shore, Pa trolly trip.
Jersey Shore streetcar tokens and ticket.
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Tokens:
Time Schedule:
The Trolly: (one of 2 actually in service at any one time)
The trolly drivers:
The image from a book depicting these tickets and the "genuine brass" Electric Street Railway Tokens but others
were accepted as well. (As shown above)
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| Edited by I_Love_Stamps - 12/15/2014 01:36 am |
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A newspaper report on the Jersey Shore and Antes Fort Railway's demise in 1925:  |
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Thank you WT1 that was an interesting read. I couldn't really find why they went out and the only thing I could find was was that paved it with bricks. The steel industry is still there to this day just not the trains (but the rails are still there.) |
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The trolly line of the Jersey Shore Electric Street railway company was built in response to the coming of the New York Central Locomotive and Machine shops to Avis, which was announced in 1901. Jersey Shore was afraid that the displacement of the Beech Creek Yard, located in Uptown Jersey shore would shift the center of population more toward Avis. To thwart this event this trolly system was built and began operating in 1903, thus providing workers with a convenient commute to work.
Here is a clip of the Jersey Shore Electric Street railway company. Sanborn map 1913
 This is the whole page. it sat just behind and to the left of the YMCA. |
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| Edited by I_Love_Stamps - 12/15/2014 02:05 am |
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Hello,
Nice Jersey Shore real photo. Often these cards can be dated roughly by the stamp box.
Best regards,
Richard |
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Very nice Jeff. Do you have any idea why the little Dutch children were popular post card subjects? I have a couple of postcards similar cartoon like Dutch kids prometing Menocino county towns.
Really like the tokens, did you find those locally? I notice that three of them are similar; l-r 1, 5, & 6. Where these also "good for 5c in Trade"? |
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