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Atlantic City and Atlantic County Officials, 1923

Mayor bader001edit  Edward L. Bader
City Commissioners   Edward L. Bader, Director Department of Public Affairs
    Albert Beyer, Director Department of Revenue and Finance
    William S. Cuthbert, Director Department of Public Safety
    Louis A. Steinbricker, Director Department of Streets and Public Improvements
   H.Book.Kuehnle 1916 Atlantic City Police Department Souvenir Book Louis Kuehnle, Director Department of Parks and Public Property
Comptroller   Bessie M. Townsend
Chief of Police   Robert C. Miller
Chief of Fire Department   John J. Bartlett
Beach Patrol Superintendent   Dr. Charles L. Bossert
City Engineer   John W. Hackney
Board of Education   Lewis B. Glenn, President
    Henry M. Fisher, Vice President
    Duncan Freedley MacDonald
    George H. Berke
    Harrison Cook
    John L. Kelly
    Hiram Mathis
    P.L. Hawkins
    Caroline M. Carmack
Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders   F. Fraley Doughty, Board Director
Atlantic County Sheriff   Malcolm B. Woodruff
Atlantic County Treasurer  H009.VF.enochjohnson001 thumbnail

Enoch L. Johnson

Facts about Atlantic City in 1923

Permanent population of city (from 1920 census) -  50,682
Registered voters - 15,955
Assessed value of real estate - $163 million
Daily average number of visitors in August, 1923 - 300,000
Number of licensed rolling chairs - 2,500

Highlights of the Year, 1923

  • World War I Memorial (also known as the Greek Temple Monument) erected
  • New Atlantic City High School building opens at intersection of Albany, Ventnor and Atlantic Avenues with room for 2100 students
  • First Atlantic City radio station goes on the air from Seaside hotel, WHAR.
  • First traffic signals installed Tennessee and Atlantic Avenues and Tennessee and Pacific Avenues. Operated by an officer in a tower at each intersection.
  • Fire Department's drill school opens.
  • Entertainment included plays, concerts, moving pictures, pier amusements, and more.

Resources in the Atlantic City Free Public Library Atlantic City Heritage Collections:

Amusements: Where to Go and What to See. (Various issues from 1923.)
Boardwalk Illustrated News. (Various issues from 1923.)
Frank Butler. Book of the Boardwalk. Atlantic City, N.J. : Haines and Co., 1952.
Ed Davis. Atlantic City diary: a century of memories, 1880-1985. McKee City, NJ : Atlantic Sunrise Pub. Co., 1986.