Night view of the Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Night time scene of the auditorium and Convention Hall, later known as the Boardwalk Hall, at Atlantic City, New Jersey circa 1936. Originally envisioned as a health resort, Atlantic City became popular with tourists and was known as "The World's Playground", with Convention Hall housing the annual Miss America Pageant, at that time having the largest seating capacity in the world for a convention hall(40, 000.)

Auditorium Boardwalk Jun18 Pageant Seafront

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