Railroads offered easy access connecting Atlantic City to both New York and Philadelphia. It offered luxurious grand hotels, the famous Boardwalk, sport fishing, spacious beaches, and golf. Atlantic City, Before the CasinosAlthough long predating the casino period, Atlantic City in 1895 was already a hot spot for tourists, and the city had been viewed as a prime resort location since its incorporation in the 1850s. The inset at bottom-left is a westward continuation of main map. Buildings in the densest part of the city are numbered, corresponding to an index at bottom-right.

Roads, railways (subsidiaries of the Reading and Pennsylvania Railroad), a streetcar line along Atlantic Avenue (operated by the Atlantic City Transportation Company), and prominent buildings are clearly indicated. A Closer LookOriented towards the northwest, the map displays the city divided into wards. It depicts the city as it was becoming a preferred destination for tourists from across the East Coast, offering easy transportation, lovely seaside vistas, and multiple entertainment options. Heston, published in Heston's Hand-book of Atlantic City.

Minnesota - North Dakota - South DakotaĪn attractive 1895 city plan or map of Atlantic City by Alfred M.Massachusetts - Connecticut - Rhode Island.

Map of casino in atlantic city