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Mar 6, 2026 | Greater Cape May Historical Society

“Would everyone please gather on the veranda for a group photograph?”

This statement, or something similar, was heard often in the major Cape May hotels during the 1870s and 1880s. With a camera as close as your cellphone, it is difficult to imagine a time when every family did not

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