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1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Text by Thea Applebaum Licht

   Photographs of Atlantic City Sand Sculpture (ca. 1880–1920) (opens the original)

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   Photograph of the sand sculptor James J. Taylor captioned: “The Sandman, Atlantic City, N.J.”, ca. 1880–1901. New Jersey’s Atlantic City emerged as a booming Edwardian seaside destination in the 1870s. From its famed boardwalk (the first in the United States), tourists could reach hotels and restaurants, catch vaudeville acts, and take donkey rides. They could dip (in heavy, full-coverage bathing costumes) into the chilled Atlantic surf. They could also take in the work of local “sand men”, busk

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2. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Text by Thea Applebaum Licht

   Archie G. Norcross’ Maine Forest Fire Maps (1918–22) (opens the original)

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   View from Double Top Forest Fire Station, Maine, 1919 — Source. In the summer of 1956, the Beat writer Jack Kerouac ascended the North Cascade Mountains, climbing up through the glacial crests of Washington State to Desolation Peak, where he would assume a summer post as a fire lookout for the United States Forest Service. Alone in his sparsely furnished cabin in the sky, Kerouac kept watch for smoke, the first sign of forest fires. He was broke (On The Road was still a year away), and room, boa

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