Long Branch's rich and varied past makes it one of Monmouth County's most important historic places. Although much of the physical evidence of its earlier days is gone, historian Randall Gabrielan has gathered a collection of images that vividly represent the New Jersey city that became a mecca for presidents, financiers, and gamblers. In Long Branch People and Places, tour stately summer homes, visit hotels of the gilded age, and behold Long Branch's famed Ocean Pier--widely considered a 19th-century engineering marvel. Through this collection of more than 200 photographs, discover how...
Long Branch's rich and varied past makes it one of Monmouth County's most important historic places. Although much of the physical evidence of its ear...
Settled in 1665 as one of the Two Towns of the Navesink, the township of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, played an important role in the development of Monmouth County. One of the most historically significant areas in the region, the original vast expanse of Shrewsbury Township--organized in 1693--has since evolved into an attractive 2.3-square-mile residential borough. In this vivid photographic history, author Randall Gabrielan has brought together over two hundred vintage images that convey the special character of Shrewsbury through the years. Many of the organizations, people, and buildings...
Settled in 1665 as one of the Two Towns of the Navesink, the township of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, played an important role in the development of Monmou...
In 1996, residents of Rumson greeted the publication of a photographic history on their town with tremendous enthusiasm. For the first time, a visual record of the community's history was widely accessible, and many present and former residents embraced this presentation. In this second volume of historic Rumson images, author Randall Gabrielan reaches for both depth and breadth in his portrayal of this multi-faceted town. Rumson Road, which maintains its century-long stature as one of the best-known country drives in America, is portrayed vividly in all its gilded elegance. Two...
In 1996, residents of Rumson greeted the publication of a photographic history on their town with tremendous enthusiasm. For the first time, a vis...
Residents of Red Bank, one of New Jersey's best known shore towns, greeted the publication of a photographic history if their town with tremendous enthusiasm in 1995. For the first time, significant people and events in the town's past were celebrated in a vivid record available to all. The author of that volume, Randall Gabrielan, has produced an all-new second book on the town that incorporates many important images reluctantly edited from the first work and others newly uncovered. In his second Red Bank volume in as many years, Mr. Gabrielan seeks to deepen the view presented in the...
Residents of Red Bank, one of New Jersey's best known shore towns, greeted the publication of a photographic history if their town with tremendous
Red Bank, New Jersey--one of the state's most vibrant places--is fortunate to have such a comprehensive and vivid photographic record. Pioneer photographers from the 1860s, as well as their modern counterparts, have contributed an exciting number of images to four books about the area: Red Bank Volumes I through III and Red Bank in the American Century. Present and former residents of Red Bank have greeted each volume with enthusiasm--a testament to the people's pride and commitment to preservation in this community. This exceptional new book continues an in-depth exploration of...
Red Bank, New Jersey--one of the state's most vibrant places--is fortunate to have such a comprehensive and vivid photographic record. Pioneer...
Red Bank is a riverfront town that used its location on the water to grow rapidly between the 1830s and 1850s. The coming of the railroad in the 1860s accelerated the development of this thriving community and today the waterfront and business district continue to prosper and Red Bank itself remains a proud and tight-knit community. Including many rare and previously unpublished photographs, with samples of the work of early Red Bank photographers Charles Foxwell and Andrew Coleman, this fascinating visual history is a tribute--a tribute to the people who built Red Bank into the...
Red Bank is a riverfront town that used its location on the water to grow rapidly between the 1830s and 1850s. The coming of the railroad in the 1860s...
Colts Neck, the Monmouth County township known by that name only since 1962, has witnessed a rapid pace of change in its recent past. The once-rural community has been adapting to suburbanization but longtime residents yearn to preserve memories of the municipalitys heritage, and in particular, recollections of two well-known communities. Colts Necks North American Phalanx was one of Americas best-known, nineteenth-century cooperative communities, and as such has garnered the interest of philosophers and social scientists. In a completely different...
Colts Neck, the Monmouth County township known by that name only since 1962, has witnessed a rapid pace of change in its recent past. The once...
With over two hundred historical photographs, Allentown and Upper Freehold Township offers a fascinating overview of two communities in Monmouth County that are closely tied together historically and culturally. Allentown and Upper Freehold Township are located at the western border of a county that nearly spans the state from the Atlantic Ocean to a few miles from the Delaware River. This book explores how the county's last rural landscape, Upper Freehold Township, deals with the increasing pressure of development and the effects of these changes on the charming community of...
With over two hundred historical photographs, Allentown and Upper Freehold Township offers a fascinating overview of two communities in Monmou...
Piscataway, one of New Jersey's oldest settlements, was organized in the 1660s. Historically, the area's appeal has come from its rich agricultural land and from its location as a port on the Raritan River. During the twentieth century, Piscataway transformed its rustic appeal into a modern suburb. More than two hundred images in Piscataway Township reveal the agrarian past and later developments in this historic community. Images of the commercial center of New Market, historic properties such as the Low and Isaac Onderdonk Houses, and local residents engaged in activities of the township's...
Piscataway, one of New Jersey's oldest settlements, was organized in the 1660s. Historically, the area's appeal has come from its rich agricultural la...
A bucolic borough centered between two rivers and a broad boulevard, Rumson evokes the legendary Rumson Road, which by 1890 was one of the nation's most famed country drives. Life between the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers is documented here in fascinating detail, both on Rumson Road and in Rumson's local villages.
A bucolic borough centered between two rivers and a broad boulevard, Rumson evokes the legendary Rumson Road, which by 1890 was one of the nation's mo...
