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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: November 4, 2017
Caption: Chesapeake Beach Resort
Additional Description: This photo is on display at the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum.

“Chesapeake Beach, as originally conceived, was a resort intended to rival Atlantic City and Coney Island. Its close proximity and rail construction to Washington, D.C. enticed thousands of visitors from the sweltering city to the cool breezes and salt water of the Chesapeake Bay. The boardwalk, which was destroyed in 1929-30, was lined with restaurants, souvenir shops, amusements, and games of chance.” – Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum.
Submitted: November 6, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p402772
File Size: 0.454 Megabytes

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