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152 pages, Hardcover
Luxurious embossed kidskin Kivar 7 case
More than 300 photographs and historic documents
20 pull-out facsimile reproductions, Bound-in ribbon bookmark
Actual size: 9 1/4" x 12 1/4"
ISBN-13: 978-0-9777077-3-7
Standing on a high dune overlooking the sandy beach and Atlantic
Ocean, The Bluffs of Bay Head, New Jersey was one of the last great,
old Jersey Shore resort hotels. For more than a century, this Victorian
landmark was the summer destination for the affluent from Phila-
delphia, New York, and New Jersey as well as the year-round meeting
place for the "locals." This is former employee Francine LaVance
Robertshaw's inside story of The Bluffs. Through her research,
interviews, experiences, photographs, and documents, you will meet
the owners as well as many of the employees, hotel guests, and bar
patrons who made The Bluffs unique and charming over the decades.
Rarely has there been a book that has documented in such detail
the story of a hotel. This beautifully-crafted volume contains more
than three hundred historic photographs, documents, and facsimile
reproductions as well as more than a dozen paintings. The book is
divided into three chapters: The Hotel, The Bar, and The Memories
(written by dozens of Bluffs' hotel guests, bar patrons, and employ-
ees), plus an Appendix of documents that includes twenty pull-out
facsimile reproductions featuring a 1936 map of the area, a circa 1910
Bluffs booklet brochure, historic restaurant and bar menus, hotel rate
schedules, vintage postcards, and more.
The Bluffs, Bay Head, New Jersey
– The Story of a Hotel at the Jersey Shore –
by Francine LaVance Robertshaw
Sample Spread
Features 20
pull-out
facsimile
reproductions
of historic
documents
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