A THREE COLOR COATED PAPER BROCHURE FROM THE WAR YEARS AT THE MARLBOROUGH-BLENHEIM RESORT, ONE OF ATLANTIC CITY'S MOST STORIED AND CELEBRATED HOTELS. THIS SEEMINGLY SIMPLE BROCHURE PACKS A LOT OF HISTORY INTO ITS PAGES.....NAMED FOR BOTH A CITY AND A PALACE IN ENGLAND, THIS BROCHURE HERALDS THE UPCOMING SUMMER IN ATLANTIC CITY --- A DIFFERENT ONE OF SORTS BECAUSE AMERICA IS AT WAR. THE LAST PHOTO SHOWS A PART OF THE NARRATIVE THAT ADDRESSES RUMORS ABOUT COASTAL RESORTS DURING THIS TIME, WHICH THROUGH A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION IS EITHER THE SUMMER OF 1942, 1943 OR 1944. U.S. SURGEON GENERAL AT THAT TIME, THOMAS PARRAN IS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT "SOUND BODIES ARE IMPORTANT TO THE DEFENSE OF THE NATION" IN THE HOTEL'S SUGGESTING AMERICANS COME TO SUMMER IN ATLANTIC CITY AS PART OF THE WAR EFFORT! DR. PARRAN'S SPOTLESS REPUTATION FROM THIS TIME ENDED UP IN CONTROVERSY MANY YEARS LATER WHEN HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE TUSKEGEE SYPHILIS STUDY CAME TO LIGHT. ALL IN ALL, A REMARKABLE PIECE OF HISTORY OF AMERICA'S HOMEFRONT YEARS AS WELL AS THE HEYDAY OF ATLANTIC CITY. THE ICONIC MARLBOROUGH-BLENHEIM WAS REPLICATED IN THE HBO SERIES "BOARDWALK EMPIRE. THIS BROCHURE IS IN PRETTY TERRIFIC CONDITION COMMENSURATE WITH IT'S 80 YEARS OF AGE. THERE ARE NO RIPS, BUT A FEW CURLED UP EDGES AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS. MY MOTHER'S FAMILY WAS FROM ATLANTIC CITY DURING THIS PERIOD AND IT'S THRILLING TO ANY LOVER OF HISTORY THAT THIS SMALL ARTIFACT WAS SAVED. SAME DAY, CAREFUL SHIPPING