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Asbury Park started as a borough on March 26, 1874. It included parts of Ocean Township. Asbury Park became a city as of March 25, 1897.
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1880 - Scared Almost to Death.
At Asbury Park, N. J., a new $4,000 steam engine recently purchased was ordered out for trail. Engineer Bartine Greene, trying one of the...Read MORE...- 1894 - HOTEL INMATES EVICTED BY FIRE. DESTRUCTION OF THE GUERNSEY AT ASBURY PARK, WITH A LOSS OF $20,000.
Asbury Park, N.J., Sept. 4. - Fire at about 1 A.M. this morning destroyed the big Hotel Guernsey, at Grand and Seventh Avenues, owned and managed by...Read MORE... - 1895 - Asbury Park
Asbury Park, a post-borough and noted summer resort of Monmouth co, N.J., on the Atlantic Ocean, and on the New York & Long Branch Railroad, 6 miles...Read MORE... 
The Casino
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Listening to the Band, Asbury Park, N.J.
Postcard- 1911 - FAMOUS HOTEL DESTROYED TODAY.
Asbury Park, Jan. 26. - The famous West End Hotel was partly destroyed by fire today with a loss of fifty thousand dollars.
Several other famous...Read MORE... - 1916
Asbury Park, a banking city and noted summer-re sort of Monmouth co., N.J., on the Atlantic Ocean and on the Central of New Jersey and the...Read MORE... - 1930 - THREE KILLED IN FIREWORKS BLAST. FOUR BUILDINGS WRECKED IN EXPLOSION NEAR ASBURY PARK, N.J.
Asbury Park, N.J. July 7 - Fireworks stored in four buildings in Neptune Township exploded, killing three persons and injuring five.
Sheets of...Read MORE... 
Scene at Sunset Lake
Postcard- 1944 - HURRICANE HITS NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND COASTS. HIGH WINDS LASH JERSEY, LONG ISLAND.
...The Homestead restaurant on the Ocean Grove, N. J. boardwalk near Asbury Park, was washed into the sea. The restaurant had a capacity of 300...Read MORE... - 1970 - July 4 - 100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park NJ
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The Casino
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Listening to the Band, Asbury Park, N.J.
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
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Scene at Sunset Lake
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1880 - Scared Almost to Death.
At Asbury Park, N. J., a new $4,000 steam engine recently purchased was ordered out for trail. Engineer Bartine Greene, trying one of the... Read MORE...
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1894 - HOTEL INMATES EVICTED BY FIRE. DESTRUCTION OF THE GUERNSEY AT ASBURY PARK, WITH A LOSS OF $20,000.
Asbury Park, N.J., Sept. 4. - Fire at about 1 A.M. this morning destroyed the big Hotel Guernsey, at Grand and Seventh Avenues, owned and managed by... Read MORE...
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1895 - Asbury Park
Asbury Park, a post-borough and noted summer resort of Monmouth co, N.J., on the Atlantic Ocean, and on the New York & Long Branch Railroad, 6 miles... Read MORE...
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1911 - FAMOUS HOTEL DESTROYED TODAY.
Asbury Park, Jan. 26. - The famous West End Hotel was partly destroyed by fire today with a loss of fifty thousand dollars.
Several other famous... Read MORE...
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1916
Asbury Park, a banking city and noted summer-re sort of Monmouth co., N.J., on the Atlantic Ocean and on the Central of New Jersey and the... Read MORE...
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1930 - THREE KILLED IN FIREWORKS BLAST. FOUR BUILDINGS WRECKED IN EXPLOSION NEAR ASBURY PARK, N.J.
Asbury Park, N.J. July 7 - Fireworks stored in four buildings in Neptune Township exploded, killing three persons and injuring five.
Sheets of... Read MORE...
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1944 - HURRICANE HITS NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND COASTS. HIGH WINDS LASH JERSEY, LONG ISLAND.
...The Homestead restaurant on the Ocean Grove, N. J. boardwalk near Asbury Park, was washed into the sea. The restaurant had a capacity of 300... Read MORE...
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1970 - July 4 - 100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park NJ
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