Bradley Beach History

Framing Our Story

We celebrate the heritage of Bradley Beach by keeping its history a part of daily life.

Mapping Main Street

Mapping Main Street

The Bradley Beach Historical Society and Museum in partnership with Bradley Beach Business Community Alliance is embarking on a long-term comprehensive research project to identify and document all the businesses that have graced the Main Street in Bradley Beach.

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Call for Bradley Beach Images

Call for Bradley Beach Images

Sponsor A Favorite Old Photo of Bradley on The Boardwalk Next Summer BBHS is accepting submissions of historic photographs to be enlarged and added to the collection of prints on display along the Boardwalk all summer. Option #1: Submit a photograph from your own...

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Is This Picture Worth 1000 Errors?

Is This Picture Worth 1000 Errors?

While strolling along the Bradley Beach boardwalk with my nephew, he glanced at this picture from the early 1900s and noticed something wasn’t quite right. I sent the information about the picture to the Bradley Beach Historical Society and Museum who then posted it...

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Bradley Counts: The Census

Bradley Counts: The Census

Who lived at 206 Newark Ave? The 1910 Census shows that Hiram Bradner, the son of William B. Bradner, one of the founders of Bradley Beach, his wife Edith, and 9 month old son Wesley lived at that address.

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