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Cape May — America's Oldest Seaside Resort
Cape May has been a resort destination since the 1800s — presidents and generals vacationed here before the Civil War — and its famous Victorian architecture represents the most concentrated collection of preserved Victorian buildings in America. The 1920 aerial shows the old resort district: the grand hotels facing the beach, Congress Hall visible from the air, and a beach that was already narrower than it had been in the 1800s due to chronic erosion. By 1933, the Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane had caused significant beach erosion. The 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane made its closest approach to the cape, producing severe damage. By 1962, the Ash Wednesday Storm caused major beach loss — the 1962 aerial shows Cape May's famous beachfront with a fraction of the sand visible in 1920.
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