This postcard view from the 1960s looks west from 33rd Street and the oceanfront toward the bay and mainland. The building in the foreground was the Stardust Motel, which anchored the northern end of “Motel Row.” The Harrison Group’s Hilton Hotel occupies that block today. The smaller hotels in the middle of the picture were… Read more »
The Warren Cottage was located on the corner of 5th Street and the Boardwalk. Owned and managed by Berlin native Mary Purnell Warren, it had 12 rooms with a kitchen annex in the rear. Damaged in the March Storm of 1962, the property was sold and plans made to transport it to a new location… Read more »
Columbia Pictures filmed “Violets Are Blue” in Ocean City during the summer of 1985. It was the first Hollywood movie ever made in Worcester County and starred Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline and Bonnie Bedelia. The film was directed by Spacek’s husband, Jack Fisk, and many scenes were shot on location including the Boardwalk, Trimper’s Rides,… Read more »
The China Seas Motel was located on the oceanfront at 51st Street. Designed to resemble a Chinese “junk” (a commercial fishing boat seen on the rivers of China), the unique building attracted much attention on Coastal Highway. The motel had been built in 1963 after lower land values following the March Storm of 1962 spurred… Read more »
This aerial photo taken several days after the creation of the Inlet in August 1933 shows the separation between Ocean City and Assateague Island. Landmarks such as the State Roads Bridge and the partially destroyed railroad bridge to its immediate south can clearly be seen as well as the Fishing Pier jutting out into the… Read more »
Jack and Paul Townsend of Selbyville, Del. are given credit for bringing big game fishing to Ocean City. They had fished for marlin off the coast of Florida and speculated that the marlin would follow the warm waters of the gulf stream north to the Delmarva coastline. They took VIPs, such as Lou Gehrig of… Read more »