Comparison desk / 01

The same direction.
A different shore.

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Interpretive alignment · not a survey overlay

Approx. 38.3259° N · 75.0871° W

Looking north from the pier

Ocean City pier toward the lower Boardwalk

The archival and modern records share the same general northward viewpoint. Shoreline width, buildings, and image framing differ; the overlay is an interpretive alignment rather than a survey match.

Modern view north from the Ocean City pier across the broad beach and Boardwalk hotels.

August 5, 2013

Vintage color postcard view north from the pier along Ocean City's beach and Boardwalk.

circa 1930–1945

circa 1930–1945General view boardwalk and beach, from pier, Ocean City, Maryland

CreatorTichnor Bros. Inc.

Source / licenseBoston Public Library, Tichnor Brothers collection #68004, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Original record

August 5, 2013Ocean City beach looking north from pier

CreatorDough4872

Source / licenseWikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Original record