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Truex-Gant wedding, 1854

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Ocean Emblem 20 Sep 1854

Sheriff's Sale, 1857

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Ocean Emblem 4 Feb 1857

Ad for Tradewinds Travel, Seaside Park

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Ocean County Observer 13 Jun 1979

Lee wedding, 1879

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New Jersey Courier 6 Feb 1879

Sheriff Sale, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 3 Sep 1856

Buenos White accidentally burns down Tuckerton jail, 1989.

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Eight prisoners died in the blaze.

James Gross found dead in bed, 1900

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New Jersey Courier 17 May 1900

Terrible accident at the Lamson home, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 5 Nov 1856

Applegate-Clayton wedding, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 27 Aug 1856

Clayton-Herbert wedding 1854

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Ocean Emblem 20 Sep 1854

Theft at New Egypt, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 20 Aug 1856

Sherriff's Sale, 1857

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Ocean Emblem 4 Feb 1857

Samuel Cranmer's accident at West Creek, 1854

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Ocean Emblem 13 Sep 1854

Gun repair in Toms River, 1857

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Ocean Emblem 14 Jan 1857

Toms River honors veterans

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Stout-Lewis wedding, 1879

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New Jersey Courier 6 Feb 1879

Aftermath of the 1962 storm

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Hill-Pearce wedding, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 16 Jul 1856

Squatters' colony at Island Beach, 1947

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Newark News 29 Jun 1947

Maurita's ski place, 1980s

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Toms River 1879 Woolman and Rose map of Toms River

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The Windmill house, West Bay Ave, Barnegat

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Sale of lands, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 3 Sep 1856

Accordions! Accordions!

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Ad in the Ocean Emblem 15 Oct 1856

1872 F.W. Beers map of Toms River

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That time Toms River almost became Dayton, NJ

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Ocean Emblem 20 Aug 1856

Clocks for sale, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 13 Aug 1856

Sugar Crane in Cedar Creek, 1857

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Ocean Emblem 2 Feb 1857

Stiles obituary, 1854

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Ocean Emblem 13 Sep 1854

Eliza Van Note obituary, 1879

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New Jersey Courier 30 Jan 1879

Irons-Spencer wedding, 1854

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Ocean Emblem 28 Jun 1854

John Van Note's wife leaves him, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 15 Oct 1856

Peskin Photography studio, 1991

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Dear god. Look at those outfits.

Amos Birdsall house, Toms River

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photo from 2002

Storm in Ocean County, 1857

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Ocean Emblem 2 Feb 1857

Keeler-Smith wedding, 1854

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Ocean Emblem 13 Sep 1854

American Legion moving to new locale

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Ocean County Observer 13 Jun 2003

Eliza Hagerman obituary, 1879

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New Jersey Courier 30 Jan 1879

Lorenz Castner's Cooperage opens in Toms River, 1856

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ad in the Ocean Emblem 6 Aug 1856

Small fire on Seward Ave, 1915

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New Jersey Courier 21 May 1915

Crane-Van Sant wedding 1856

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Ocean Emblem 27 Aug 1856

Unpaid Taxes in Jackson Township, 1857

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Ocean Emblem 28 Jan 1857

Anna Matilda Bennett obituary, 1854

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Ocean Emblem 6 Sep 1854

David Lowery obituary, 1879

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New Jersey Courier 30 Jan 1879

Lewis Lane's school for young ladies, 1856

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Ad in the Ocean Emblem 6 Aug 1856 I know the ad says "May 2 1855". It ran quite a bit in the paper, and this copy is taken from the 6 Aug 1856 issue. The date didn't change each time the ad ran.

Interview with Jim Caldwell from 2008

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