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Category: Vanishing Ocean City

Vanishing Ocean City

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 24 , 2020

Jan 23,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 24 , 2020

The northwest corner of 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue is one of the most historic spots in Ocean City. Known today as the location of City Hall  the building became the site of the Maryland State Normal School – a college to train school teachers – 1915. The teacher’s college would only exist there for… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 10 , 2020

Jan 09,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 10 , 2020

The Nordica was a Victorian-style hotel on the Boardwalk between Dorchester and Talbot streets. Built circa 1905, it was originally on the American Plan (meals included with the cost of the room) for the first half century of its existence.Pictured above during the World War II era, the Nordica featured a front porch with rocking… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 3 , 2020

Jan 02,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 3 , 2020

Sept. 22, 1994 will long be remembered as the date of the “Sunfest Disaster,” a day which taxed Ocean City’s emergency services to the limit. As vendors were setting up for the opening of Sunfest, the annual end of summer arts, crafts and music celebration, a windstorm hit the Inlet Parking Lot with 50 mph… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 27, 2019

Dec 25,2019 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 27, 2019

Surfing became popular in Ocean City in the mid-1960s. George Pittman and Bill Wise opened Ocean City’s first surf shop (called the Eastern Surfer) in 1964 in the basement of the Sandy Hill Motel.The less crowded beaches of north Ocean City quickly became the favorite surfing areas in the days before the high-rise condominiums.This 1965… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 20, 2019

Dec 19,2019 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 20, 2019

Assateague reached its peak as a sportsman’s paradise in the years immediately following World War II.During this period, the only access to the isolated barrier island was by boat with duck hunters and surf fishermen as the most frequent visitors. Local kids often accompanied their fathers to Assateague and collected shells that had washed ashore… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 13, 2019

Dec 12,2019 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 13, 2019

Jackson’s Casino was Ocean City’s most popular nightclub in the late 1930s and throughout the 1940s. Music, drinks and slot machines were the main attraction at the big wooden building on the Boardwalk between 9th and 10th streets.Jackson’s was where the locals hung out and many still recall the special façade built to meet blackout requirements during… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 6, 2019

Dec 05,2019 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 6, 2019

The Stowaway Motel was built by Bill Carrier in 1956 and occupied the entire ocean block between 21st and 22nd streets. It was the largest motel in Ocean City in the 1960s with 120 units spread throughout three sections. Home to the biggest pool on Motel Row (local kids would sneak in to swim in the summer)… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 29, 2019

Nov 27,2019 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 29, 2019

Dr. Nathanael “Nat” Thomas came to Ocean City from Scranton, Pa. in 1945 with the thought that he would serve as a temporary doctor until the end of the summer. He made many friends, built a good practice and stayed in Ocean City the rest of his life.His first office was in the alley between… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 22, 2019

Nov 21,2019 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 22, 2019

In the 1900s and up through the mid-1980s, most of Ocean City’s beaches were narrow and in some places nearly non-existent on high tide. There were areas (14th to 16th streets and the blocks between 21st and 25th streets) where breakers rolled almost to the Boardwalk and there was barely room to set up an… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 15, 2019

Nov 14,2019 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 15, 2019

Easter was a big holiday for Ocean City in the late 1950s and throughout much of the 1960s. Easter parades were held on the Boardwalk near the old bandstand with prizes for the best dressed family, prettiest Easter bonnet and other categories.One of the highlights of the weekend was the “animal hunt” sponsored by the… Read more »

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    Seal Pup Completes Rehabilitation

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    ASSATEAGUE — A grey seal pup rescued from the beach in neighboring Delaware in February was released back into the wild from the beach at Assateague on Wednesday.On Feb. 12, a grey seal pup now known affectionately was Eloise, in keeping with the National Aquarium’s theme this year of naming rescued marine mammals after famous… Read more »

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