55 Years of LBI Beach Badges Book

BOOK DESCRIPTION In the first ever book about New Jersey’s beach badges, Long Beach Island takes center stage with 55 Years of Long Beach Island Beach Badges 1967-2022. This colorful hardcover is a fascinating pictorial look at more than half a century of beach badges on LBI— starting with the very first badges ever issued.  The book presents every seasonal badge ever issued on LBI — plus a comprehensive sampling of daily, weekly, senior, holiday, and specialty badges. Presented within each of the Island’s towns chronologically — along with history, fun facts, rules, and price history for comparison (it’s all here!) — this is a rich gallery of summer icons familiar to generations of LBI beachgoers.  It’s a visual journey through beach time and summertime, exploring the history and evolution of beach badges on this eighteen-mile strip of sand. The Island’s six towns adopted beach fees in the late 1960s and '70s (along with much of the Jersey Shore) to fund lifeguards and beach maintenan