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Jersey Shore Summer — Greetings From Asbury Park
Images that will make a Springsteen song start playing in your head. Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Asbury Park, baordwalk, beach, Jersey shore, New Jersey, travel, vacation
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Americans Discover Vacation: Book Reviews
Books reviews of sources for history of vacations in America. Continue reading
Posted in Americans Discover Vacation, Book reviews, History, Travel
Tagged 19th century, books, history, nationalism, road trips, tourism, tourists, travel, vacation
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Americans Discover Vacation: The Cigar Store Indian Syndrome
The history of America’s national parks usually begins with the “discovery” of Yosemite. What isn’t explained is how you discover a place when there are folks already living there. Continue reading
Posted in Americans Discover Vacation, History, Travel
Tagged history, national parks, Native Americans, travel, vacation, Yosemite
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Americans Discover Vacation: We’ve All Got Wheels
Nothing had as profound an impact on how Americans vacationed as when we all got wheels. Continue reading
Posted in Americans Discover Vacation, History, Travel
Tagged automobiles, cars, highways, history, national parks, travel, vacation, Yellowstone
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Americans Discover Vacation: While Disparaging Tourists
Our disdain for tourists turns out to be nothing new. In fact, it is as old as tourism itself. Continue reading
Posted in Americans Discover Vacation, History, Travel
Tagged 19th century, history, tourists, travel, vacation
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Americans Discover Vacation: With an Agency Itinerary and a Guidebook in Hand
For more than a century, Americans used travel agencies and guidebooks to plan and book their vacations. Continue reading
Americans Discover Vacation: Under the Influence of PR
As more Americans started to go on vacation there were more folks around ready to tell them where they should go. Continue reading
Posted in Americans Discover Vacation, History, Travel
Tagged history, marketing, media relations, national parks, PR, travel, vacation, Yellowstone
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Americans Discover Vacation: Finding the Time
The history of American vacationing in the 19th and early 20th century is a story of gradual growth in the number of people who went on vacation and the places they choose to go. But by well into the 20th … Continue reading
Posted in Americans Discover Vacation, History, Travel
Tagged camping, history, labor, travel, unions, vacation, working class
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Americans Discover Vacation: Women on the Loose
When a gas station attendant advised Katherine Hulme not to try to cross the Big Horns, she blew him a kiss and drove on. Continue reading
Posted in Americans Discover Vacation, History, Travel
Tagged history, resorts, tourism, travel, vacation, Victorian, Yellowstone
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Americans Discover Vacation: Overcoming Our Heritage
Since a good percentage of the American public with some disposable income in the 19th century was pretty Waspy, the whole idea of vacation took hold rather slowly here. Continue reading
Posted in Americans Discover Vacation, History, Travel
Tagged 19th century, history, national parks, Ocean Grove, protestant ethic, resorts, tourism, travel, vacation, Yellowstone
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