"THE MOST ASTOUNDING REAL ESTATE OFFERING THAT
HAS EVER BEEN MADE SINCE THE INDIANS SOLD
THE ISLE OF MANHATTAN FOR THE SUM OF $24"

 

 

That's what it said in this teaser ad that appeared in the Brooklyn Citizen

newspaper on Sunday May 16th, 1926

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the following Sunday

May 23, 1926

Two Full Pages Gave The Details

 

 

(click ad to enlarge)

You can click on it and read all the fine print. Lots of interesting stuff in there. 50 years later they would be saying "Wheres Da Harbor?" Well The Harbor that they created out of a lake and the bay was none other than "The Lagoon"

The photo on the left may be the start of it. On the right is the fork of Mastic & Mastic Beach Roads most likely looking north.

 

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