The Moore Family Home
William B. Moore owned a house in Strathmere in the early 1900s and he had a dry goods business in Philadelphia. Mr. Moore ran a program that brought inner city poor to Strathmere for a few days in the Summer.
His daughter Bess married Herbert K. Savage who was a famed writer for Field & Stream in the early 1900s. He wrote about fishing and hunting at Corson's Inlet on many occasions. He usually stayed at the West Jersey Cottages,
which was next door to the Moore's cottage. Herbert Savage and his wife Bess retired to Strathmere and lived in the Wintrhop cottage, which still stands today.
The photos below are from 1917 to the 1920s from the Moore and Savage families. I think that most of the photos were taken by Herbert K. Savage
William B. Moore front and center and Bess Moore at right 2nd row. Bertha Wittkamp 2nd from left in back row.
This photo was taken in front of the West Jersey Cottage and dated 1917. Link Roden, Joe Bozarth, Stead Applegate, Hartie Phillips and Paul O'Neill were fishermen who were friends of Herbert K. Savage and they are each mentioned in some of his Field & Stream fishing and hunting stories from the early 1900s.
On the bay beach near the railroad bridge - Herbert K. Savage, Bertha Wittkamp and Harold.
A view of the West Jersey Cottages and the Moore house from the bay. Winthrop road.
Fishermen on the porch of the West Jersey Cottage with proprietor Gus Wittkamp second from left. I think the man on the far left with the white beard is Gus' brother Frank.
Another great group photo from the front porch of the West Jersey Cottages. Showing several well known fishermen of the time including HKS, members of the Wittkamp family and Augustus Lutz (Grandpop) who worked at the hotel.
West Jersey railway station, it was located right across the street from the West Jersey Cottages on Winthrop Road.
Bertha Witkamp and Bess Moore (Savage) on the rooftop railing of the West Jersey Cottage
A view of Winthrop road from the bay with the West Jersey Cottages, The Moore Cottage and 2 other homes. All of the homes still stand except for the main building of the West Jersey Cottage. To the left is the railroad bridge, our car bridge stands there now.
Bertha Witkkamp holds the rifle of a WWI soldier in 1918.
The Pennsylvannia Railroad bridge coming into Strathmere from Ocean City. This is the spot where our bridge is today.
The Deauville when it was known as The Whelen. The photo was taken from the railroad bridge.
The Moore/Savage family home still stands today on Winthrop Road
Bess and her daughters in front of the West Jersey Cottages, which were right next to her home
West Jersey Cottages with the Moore cottage on the far right
The Moore Cottage and it's neighbors all still stand on Winthrop
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