| Ocean City Baby Parade Contributor(s): Miller, Fred (Author), Miller, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738565032 ISBN-13: 9780738565033 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: The Ocean City Baby Parade is the longest continuously held baby parade in the nation, tracing back to August 10, 1901, when the cityas first baby show was held. From its beginning with 46 babies in the prettiest, cutest, and fattest baby categories, it has grown into a boardwalk extravaganza with 300 entrants, bands and bugle corps, professionally decorated commercial floats, homemade baby floats, grand marshals, and cartoon characters. Many families plan their vacations around this well-known event, and they are among the thousands of spectators lining the boardwalk each year. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Children - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 974.9 |
| LCCN: 2008942596 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Monmouth-Ocean, N.J. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Ocean City Baby Parade is the longest continuously held baby parade in the nation, tracing back to August 10, 1901, when the city s first baby show was held. From its beginning with 46 babies in the prettiest, cutest, and fattest baby categories, it has grown into a boardwalk extravaganza with 300 entrants, bands and bugle corps, professionally decorated commercial floats, homemade baby floats, grand marshals, and cartoon characters. Many families plan their vacations around this well-known event, and they are among the thousands of spectators lining the boardwalk each year." |
Contributor Bio(s): Miller, Fred: - Fred and Susan Miller have written five books on the history of Ocean City. Fred is past president of the Ocean City Historical Museum, which has graciously loaned pictures from its collection for use in Ocean City Baby Parade. Other pictures have come from Mark Soifer, Ocean City s public relations director; Don Kravitz, Ocean City s professional photographer; Dave Nahan, editor of the Ocean City Sentinel; and other local residents. |