A history of Lakehurst,
since 1921
Postcards, papers and photographs of Lakehurst from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community of Lakehurst first reached international recognition as a winter resort around the turn of the 20th century, following the opening of the Pine Tree Inn in 1898. In 1911, the rope factory in the town burned down, prompting the formation of a volunteer fire department.
The Hindenburg disaster, occurred on May 6, 1937; the German zeppelin Hindenburg arriving from Frankfurt am Main caught fire at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located in Manchester Township (not in the borough of Lakehurst).
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Lakehurst’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Los Angeles [Navy airship] at…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lakehurst
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Lakehurst, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Lakehurst is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lakehurst has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester, 1.1 miles away.
Lakehurst and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Los Angeles [Navy airship] at her mooring mast (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.