When the 20th century was young, visitors to Cape May knew exactly how to show the folks back home the attractions, accomodations, and ambiance of "the Nation's Oldest Seaside Resort": the sent a penny postcard. Reprinted Victorian views of hotels destroyed by fire served as reminders of the resort's glory days. Real-photo cards chronicled newsworthy events including the creation of the harbor, construction of the huge Hotel Cape May, and the 1907 fire at the Iron Pier. Today, both visitors and residents can rediscover pre-World War II Cape May through those same vintage postcards, retrieved and researched by deltiologists Don and Pat Pocher.