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Verso of OCB_000340; "McCartney" "Dedication of Capt. Ackerly light OB. Fern - ERM

Verso of OCB_000342; "John A. Wilbur 1915 ERM"; "John A. Wilbur - 1915 - one of co-founders of Ocean Beach coming over on the old time open boat. (1915)"

1915

Verso of OCB_000344; "McCartney ERM; "Original OB Dock - out from the end of Ocean Road - over Kremer[?]'s store"

Original letter pasted to construction paper. Letter to Board of Trustees of Ocean Beach from 25 Qualified Electors Regarding Construction of Refuse and Garbage Incinerator. Shallow the Village of OB borrow upon bonds of said Village in the sum of $4,560, in addition to $1500 already authorized by proposition...6% interest, for the purchase of property and the erection thereon of a garbage and refuse incinerator...to be completed for the opening of the 1925 season...capacity for incineration of at least 90 barrels of garbage every 24 hours, the sum to be raised by taxation to be levied and collected... Signed: Nellie Fisher Henry Tholens R.B. Tholens David Peterson E. L. Frazer H.A. Stretch D.H. Stapleton L.P. Tomlinson Sophie Anderson John E. Wood Chas. O. Smith Margaret LeFevre C.S.M. Cline Mrs. J.L. Levey

Verso of OCB_000348; "The holder of this certificate, in consideration of the issuance of it to him or her, agrees to not negotiate or sell same without offering it to the Treasury of the Corporation for the sum of five cents per square share..." Signed by Rowena Tholens.

 

Verso of OCB_000354; "OB dock and old beacon light - Fern McCartney ERM"

 Mayor Rufus Hynds & Group, Ocean Beach. Hynds died in 1931, per NYT obit. First chief of Fire Dept. RUFUS C. HYNDS DIES.; Ex-Mayor of Ocean Beach--Fought in Battle of San Juan Hill. April 7, 1931

Verso of OCB_000358; "Mayor Rufus Hynds and group - Ocean Beach"

Verso of OCB_000360; Dora Wheeler - lifeguard who saved Fifi DiGangi (from the same family as Run for Rose DiGangi). (Fern McCartney Evelyn); stamped with copyright "Underwood and Underwood, NY"

Verso of OCB_000362; "Dedication Capt. Ackerly Light" "ERM"

Toddler in swim suit standing on beach; verso reads "14-1" "Betty Ann Breithut Adie June 1938 Ocean Beach 16 mos. Old"

June 1938

Wood paneled one story building with flag pole and dog on right; captioned: Rachel's house, 338 Dehnhoff original FI Schoolhouse

 Man in swim costume and straw boater hat walking along crowded beach

c.1920s

People wading and swimming in water with waves crashing farther out.

c.1920s

 Six women standing together in bathing suits

c.1920s

Woman in white dress with necklace.

1920s

Seaplane landing on water; verso reads: The first plane on the bay to discharge a passenger for Ocean Beach 1920s.

1920s

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