HOTEL CHELSEA, ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, Embossed, Atlantic Ocean, Boardwalk

Description: The original inhabitants of Absecon Island, on which Atlantic City is located, were the Lenni-Lenape Indians. The Lenni-Lenapes would travel over the Old Indian Trail from the Mainland to the island to spend the summer months. The trail which was located approximately where Florida Ave. is today, was five miles long over the marshland. The first recorded owner of Absecon Island was Thomas Budd, an Englishman, who arrived in Atlantic County in late 1670s. Budd was given the island and other acreage as settlement of a claim and at the time the beach land was valued at $0.04 an acre. For the next hundred years, the island would be visited by Native Americans, Hunters and some early settlers. One of them was Jeremiah Leeds who was the first white man to build a permanent structure on the island in 1785, at what is now Arctic and Arkansas Ave. By the year 1850, there were seven permanent dwellings on the island. Dr. Jonathan Pitney, who lived in Absecon felt that the island had much to offer as a health resort. He had the idea to bring the railroad to the island and in 1852, construction began on the Camden-Atlantic City Railroad, which first came from Camden then connecting to Philadelphia. The city was incorporated in 1854, the same year the railroad was finished. By 1874, almost 500,000 passengers a year were coming to Atlantic City by rail. They also came by sailing vessels and the first road to the island was completed in 1870. The first hotel, “The Belloe House” located at Massachusetts and Atlantic Ave, was built in 1853 and operated till 1902. The second was the “United States Hotel”, owned by the railroad, a four-story structure built to house 2,000 guests. By 1918 there were 1200 hotels in Atlantic City, 30 on Boardwalk, which was first built in 1870 to keep sand out of the lobbies of the hotels. wikipedia The original Hotel Chelsea was opened in 1899 and had 250 rooms. In 1927, twelve stories were added to the hotel. The hotel would eventually be renamed the Sheraton-Deauville. Between 1966 and 1968 seven national hotel chains expanded into Atlantic City and one of them became the new Chelsea at a different location. The original Chelsea was still at the old location and was named the Deauville but eventually became the Sheraton-Deauville again. In 1981, the Sheraton-Deauville was demolished for TropWorld, an amusement center which included a three-story Ferris wheel.This card, published by the “Brooklyn Post Card Co., New York” captures the early “Chelsea Hotel” inside of an embossed clam. There is no cancelation or date on the card, but the publisher was only in business between 1914 and 1917. It is a very nice card and is in good condition with intact corners and edges except for some album marks and a slight crease upper right. The image is clean, clear and nicely colored. The reverse has some stains due to aging. If this your card, it will be mailed promptly upon receipt of payment...... Free Shipping World Wide.Thank you for your interest and I hope that I can help you with your collection..... Life and History on a Card",,,,Visit My eBay Store: HartsCardCart

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