Summer at the Jersey Shore! Look back at good times from Asbury Park to Atlantic City

Jeannette Phillipuk of Hawthorne, N.J., Miss New Jersey in the Miss America contest, waves to the crowd during a boardwalk parade in Atlantic City, N.J., on September 5, 1967.

Kari Marie Pedersen of Ridgewood, N.J., Miss New York in the Miss America contest, waves to the crowd during a boardwalk parade in Atlantic City, N.J., on September 5, 1967.

The Miss America parade, prior to that evening's pageant, makes its way down the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., on September 5, 1967.

Senior citizens flock to the boardwalk in Ocean Grove, N.J., on June 7, 1972. When the weather is favorable, they stroll or sit and take advantage of a placid setting.

Scenes along the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., on September 3, 1972.

Boardwalk concessions in Cape May, N.J., on July 14, 1977.

Amusement stand operator Casey Scallon gets his prize "animals" in line for a day on the boardwalk at Seaside Heights, N.J., on May 25, 1991.

Beachgoers line up on the boardwalk to buy their tickets in Asbury Park, N.J., on May 23, 1992.

Boardwalk, shore and beach scenes around Seaside Heights, N.J., during the last summer weekend of the season on September 5, 1994. According to this group of teenagers from Paterson, N.J., on the beach, the water was cold but you get used to it.

Dan Edelson has only five cars to watch in his brother's boardwalk parking lot in Asbury Park, N.J., in August 1981. In the background are the casino building and carousel.

Boardwalk, shore and beach scenes around Point Pleasant , N.J., on August 5, 1993.

A full set of racers challenge each other at the Dinosaur Derby booth along the boardwalk on Point Pleasant , N.J., on August 5, 1993.

Boardwalk, shore and beach scenes around Point Pleasant , N.J., on August 5, 1993.

Boardwalk, shore and beach scenes around Seaside Heights, N.J., on August 5, 1993.

Boardwalk, shore and beach scenes around Point Pleasant, N.J., on July 8, 1979. Traffic snarls up for vacationers on their way to the Jersey Shore.

Boardwalk, shore and beach scenes around Seaside Heights, N.J., on April 17, 1981.

Boardwalk, shore and beach scenes around Seaside Heights, N.J., on April 17, 1981. Helen Garofolo has been working at the same arcade for 36 years and is in charge of change.

Andy Sammarco waits for customers at his baseball concession stand on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., on April 17, 1981. .

Boardwalk, shore and beach scenes around Point Pleasant, N.J., on July 8, 1979.

Rip currents may have contributed to some of the five drownings this Summer along the New Jersey shore. At the Asbury Park beach lifeguards train to recognize rip currents and assist swimmers who may get caught in one. Swimmers take on the waves of the beach at Asbury Park. August 2, 2012.

The last weekend of Summer at the Jersey Shore. Riding the rollercoaster at Jenkin's in Point Pleasant, NJ September 3, 2016.

The opening day of the Memorial day Weekend at the Jersey Shore. Nestor Quaas of Jackson retiring the ball while playing volleyball in Belmar, NJ May 28, 2016.

The opening day of the Memorial day Weekend at the Jersey Shore. Sam Sent of Hallowell, Maine builds a sand castle as he vacations at Belmar with his family May 28, 2016.

Labor brings with it the final weekend of the Summer down the shore. We talk and see beach goers getting in that last day at the beach. Christopher Blum 15, of Hillsboro is buried up to his neck in sand by his friends on Point Pleasant beach, September 2, 2012.

Labor brings with it the final weekend of the Summer down the shore. We talk and see beach goers getting in that last day at the beach. Benny Lopez, swings his son Jake 4, with Benny's cousin Elena Lopez and Benny's daughter Amanda 7, as they walk on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant, NJ September 2, 2012.