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Studio 9 Photo Center Collection

 

Date:1994-2004                                                                Collection Number: H062      
Extent: 570 color prints, 4.5 linear feet      

Repository: Alfred M. Heston Collection, Atlantic City Free Public Library, 1   North Tennessee Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, (609) 345-2269.

Preferred Citation: Atlantic City Free Public Library Collection of Atlantic City Photographs, Studio 9 Photo Center Collection (H062) Alfred M. Heston Collection, Atlantic City Free Public Library.               

Creator: All of the photographs were taken between the years 1994 and 2004 by Keith Hamilton with a film camera. Hamilton did photography for his business, Studio 9 Photo Center Aerial Photography of Waretown, New Jersey. Mr. Hamilton retired around 2005.

The photos were purchased from Mr. Hamilton by Unshredded Nostalgia in Barnegat, New Jersey, an antiques shop. They were sold to ACFPL in 2008.       

IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION

Scope and Content
:
Collection consists of five hundred and seventy aerial photographs of Atlantic City taken by the photographer Keith Hamilton.  All of the prints are color photographs and are printed on Kodak RC paper. These photographs were taken between the years 1994 and 2004 – a decade of development and growth in Atlantic City. The images create a rather comprehensive view of the City during this time, capturing the City’s neighborhoods as they change over the course of ten years. Images were taken primarily from the vantage point of the Atlantic Ocean, with views facing north, south and west; however, a number of images were taken from the bayside of the city as well. The collection also contains images of Brigantine and Ventnor. Featured subjects include: the construction of the Borgata Casino, the expansion of the Tropicana Casino tower, images of the Sands Casino before its destruction, and the demolition of the old Atlantic City High School.

System of Arrangement
:
Prints are arranged chronologically by subject. Boxes 1 and 2 contain images taken from the vantage point of the bayside of the City. Boxes 3 through 6 contain images taken from the vantage point of the ocean side of the City. Box 7 contains panoramic views of the City and Box 8 contains oversized prints. During initial processing, some prints were reordered in order to facilitate access. A number of subjects are documented in more than one location within the collection. For example, images of Chelsea Heights may be found in Boxes 2, 3 and 8. Images are housed in seven photograph albums, one oversized document box and one frame. Images in the seven photograph albums are 8” x 10.” Images in the oversized document box are 11” x 14” and 16” x 20.” The framed image is 24” x 36.”
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Caesar's and Trump Plaza. From Bayside looking East, (1999, H062.Studio9.7.3.47.99)

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From Downbeach, looking Uptown, (2003, H062.Studio9.12.2.61.03)


OTHER INFORMATION FOR USERS OF THE COLLECTION

Related Materials
The Heston Collection contains other aerial and panoramic photographs from other years, the majority of which are in the
Atlantic City Free Public Library Collection of Atlantic City Photographs (H009). Two other collections containing exclusively
aerial photographs are the Atlantic City Free Public Library Collection of Atlantic City Photographs, 2007 Aerial Photographs
(H009.2007a) and the Karabashian Eddington Planning Group, LLC Collection of Photographs of Atlantic City (H004).

Access Points
:
Aerial Photographs – Atlantic City (N.J.)
Panoramas – Atlantic City (N.J.)
Casinos – Atlantic City (N.J.)
Beaches – Atlantic City (N.J)

Processing Note: Finding aid written by Shannon O’Neill, archivist, December 2010

Copyright Notice: Atlantic City Free Public Library owns the copyright for these photographs jointly with Unshredded
Nostalgia of Barnegat, New Jersey. Please ask for more information.

CONTAINER LIST


Box 1

76 images

Atlantic City, Bayside
Note [Northeast Inlet, Harrah’s, Gardner’s Basin, Trump Marina, Borgata,  Bungalow Park, Coast Guard Station,
Back Maryland, Venice Park, Route 30.]

Box 2
70 images

Atlantic City, Bayside
Note [Route 40, Atlantic City High School, Sandcastle Stadium, Bader Field, Chelsea Heights, Chelsea,
Lower Chelsea, Ventnor, Memorial Park, Ducktown.]

Box 3    
88 images

Atlantic City, Oceanside
Note [Ventnor,  Lower Chelsea, Chelsea Heights, Chelsea, Route 40, Atlantic City High School, Sandcastle Stadium,
Bader Field Memorial Park, Hilton, Tropicana, Ocean Club Condominiums, Ritz.]
Box 4
89 images

Atlantic City, Oceanside
Note [Ducktown, Trump World’s Fair, Boardwalk Hall, Trump Plaza, Caesar’s, Million Dollar Pier.]
Box 5
74 images
Atlantic City, Oceanside
Note [Midtown, Bally’s, Claridge, Sands, Central Pier, Atlantic Palace, Resorts, Taj Mahal, Steel Pier.]

Box 6
41 images

Atlantic City, Oceanside
Note [Uptown, Showboat, Garden Pier, Northeast Inlet, Train Station, New Convention Center.]

Box 7
85 images

Atlantic City, Panoramic Views
Note [Panoramic Views Facing West, Panoramic Views Facing North, Panoramic Views Facing East,
Panoramic Views Facing South;  Panoramic Views of the Inlet.]
Box 8
77 images

Oversized Prints
Note [Absecon Island, Panoramic Views Facing North, Panoramic Views Facing South, Uptown, Northeast Inlet,
Absecon Lighthouse, Harrah’s, Borgata, Ducktown, Chelsea Heights, Brigantine.]