Steel Pier, Atlantic City tax-exempt the Fortuna wreck

the Fortuna wreck

creating a sandy

told The New York Times in an interview

archival and family photographs and other long-forgotten images — with period music played exclusively by local musicians — add to this extraordinarily moving portrait of a grand old island

" — The New York Times

Steel Pier, Atlantic City tax-exempt the Fortuna wreckIt was aptly called the Showplace of the Nation and it was all that and more. There were big bands, movies, sideshows, acrobats, flag pole sitters, Miss America and throngs of people lining up to sit on bleachers to watch World Famous High Diving Horses and their brave riders dive into a pool of water. For much of the 20th century Steel Pier in Atlantic City was the center of American entertainment on the East Coast. Nearly every big name entertainer