Anyone who ever visits Ocean City has to come away wondering, “Who or what is this Sindia and what is all the fuss about.”
The locals and the returning summer renters seem be in on it, but what is the deal? The signs are everywhere!
Well, here is the deal from an avid postcard collector and longtime admirer of “America’s Greatest Family Resort.”
Harlan Radford provides this vintage pictorial essay (16MB PDF) about Ocean City, New Jersey’s most acclaimed unexpected visitor from 1901, along with the following gallery of Sindia related images from his collection.
Wreck of the Sindia, Ocean City, NJ, postmarked Aug. 3, 1906
Wreck of the Sindia, Ocean City, NJ
Wreck of the Sindia at 16th St., postmarked June 10, 1918
The wreck of the Sindia in 1901 and now, postmarked Sept. 19, 1932
Wreck of the Sindia by moonlight, postmarked Aug. 3, 1936
Bathing at 16th St., Ocean City, NJ, postmarked Aug. 8, 1938
Wreck of the Sindia & 14th St. fishing pier, postmarked Sept. 2, 1943
Wreck of the Sindia now, Ocean City, NJ
Wading in the surf, postmarked Aug.16,1945
Sindia – no caption
Wreck of the ship Sindia, postmarked Aug. 26, 1912
Sindia – no caption
Sindia 1901 and Now, postmarked Aug. 11, 1937
Wreck of the Sindia, Ocean City, NJ, postmarked Aug. 4, 1917
Sindia Apts., 18th St. & Wesley Ave., Ocean City, NJ
Sindia Efficiency Apts., 18th & Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ
The Sindia, Plymouth & Atlantic Ave., Ocean City, NJ, postmarked May 17, 1949
Sindia wrecked, Dec. 15th, 1901
The Sindia in full sail
The Sindia
Sindia
Sindia the day she stranded, postmarked July 24, 1908
Ill fated Sindia, Ocean City, NJ
Wreckers removing cargo from Sindia, postmarked Sept. 5, 1906
The Sindia wrecked on the beach at Ocean City, postmarked July 11, 1908
Sindia wrecked at Ocean City, 1901,
Diver on Sindia dressed ready for descent, dated 6-9-1905
Diver on Sindia dressing
Taking cargo from Sindia
The Sindia, wrecked on the beach at Ocean City, NJ postmarked 8-24-1908
The Wrecked Sindia, Ocean City, NJ postmarked 7-29-1910
Two works of historical fiction featuring the Sindia
Click on the Amazon links below for a “LOOK INSIDE”
Added 10/3/2022: If one collects Sindia-themed postcards and one happens across one more that is only slightly different from the several dozen that one already owns, what does one do?
You buy it, of course!
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John McCormick
Teacher at Riverton School 1974-2019, author, amateur historian, Historical Society of Riverton Board Member 2007-2023, newsletter editor 2007-2023, website editor 2011-2023
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2 thoughts on “The vessel Sindia, wrecked at Ocean City, NJ 1901”
Thoroughly enjoyed this fantastic review of the Ocean City” Sindia” – wonderful photo’s including the young years of the writer – thank you for such a beautiful presentation. I read and viewed it with a grateful heart. Warm memories of his childhood.
Always interesting.
Thoroughly enjoyed this fantastic review of the Ocean City” Sindia” – wonderful photo’s including the young years of the writer – thank you for such a beautiful presentation. I read and viewed it with a grateful heart. Warm memories of his childhood.