Wildwood’s George the Gorilla Working with the Wildwood Video Archive I sometimes get asked about motels and attractions that are no longer around. Sometimes it’s an easy answer and others I have to dig deep to find out what happened. This one is something that I had always questioned but never had the time to …
Hereford Light’s Sister Lighthouses Did you know that North Wildwood’s Hereford Inlet Lighthouse has a counterpart on the opposite side of the United States? What’s even more fascinating is that it has two additional sister lighthouses. Let’s start with Hereford Light. Its architectural design can be attributed to Paul J. Pelz, a German-American architect who …
Where Cape May Got It’s Name Are you anything like us and wondered where Cape May got it’s name? It’s the kind of question that had me digging deep into the history books to find. Just think about this, Manhattan was first mapped in 1609 by Henry Hudson. He set up the lower region of …
Another Wildwood Neon Sign Sent To The Dumpster That’s right folks! Sadly yet another Wildwood Neon Sign has made its way into a dumpster. It makes me sad to see such a thing happen. Here at the Wildwood Video Archive we strive to save Wildwood history. Let me fill you in! On January 23rd we …
The Yacht That Sunk In Wildwood In some of the Wildwood message boards we have been talking about an old schooner yacht that had sunk in Wildwood in late 1963. I had briefly heard stories about the ship but wasn’t alive to see her. Any kind of shipwreck intrigues me and because it happened in …
Wildwood In 1915 This is a prime example on why I created the Wildwood Video Archive. I wanted to create a space to preserve Wildwood’s history on video. Remember, if you have a old Wildwood film, feel free to send it to us to add to the collection. Check out this 1915 video of Wildwood …
Cape May’s Concrete Ship’s Bell Found, Sorta This great story that only a hand full of people know about is brought to us by Ben Miller. A story that can finally be told… People often forget that at one time, the SS Atlantus was a viable ship and transported untold numbers of troops across the …
Hindenburg in Cape May We all have seen the Hindenburg photo over Wildwood, but did you know there was a video that existed of the Hindenburg in Cape May? This photo (pictured on the right) which by the caption below is titled, “Von Hindenburg Just Prior To Blown Up” is an incredible photo, but some …
Cape May Concrete Ship In 1927 We have all heard of the concrete ship (aka SS Atlantus) but not many of us know what she looked like when she was beached there on June 8th 1926. The SS Atlantus was one of the twelve concrete ships built for World War I for their World War I …
The Wildwood Song You Didnt Know Existed When you think of Wildwood based songs, the first one that comes to mind is Bobby Rydell’s famous “Wildwood Days” and sometimes the occasional, “Wildwood By The Sea” by Bill Jolly. (Click those links to listen to those songs)But you would ever guess that there is a song …