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Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, formerly known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Built from 1926 to 1929, it was Atlantic City's p
Boardwalk Hall in 2014
Boardwalk Hall in 1992
Mike Tyson knocks down Tyrell Biggs in the seventh round of their championship fight at Convention Hall in 1987.
View of Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall and ocean, 2011
The Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ, also known as the Midmer-Losh and the Poseidon, is the pipe organ in the Main Auditorium of the landmark Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The musically
Boardwalk Hall
…at maximum capacity, while accommodating a reduced capacity of 10,500 for ice hockey. The venue contains the world's largest musical instrument, a pipe organ with over 33,000 pipes, eight chambers, the world's largest console with seven manuals and over 1200 stop tabs, and one of two 64-foot (20 m) stops…
Console with 7 manuals and 1,235 stoptabs
The 1964 Democratic National Convention took place in the Main Auditorium. In this photo, several of the organ's pipe chamber openings are visible to the left and right of the stage, and along the left wall at the bottom of the first giant arch from the front, at the bottom of the fourth arch, and in the ceiling of the fourth arch. The organ's main console is visible to the right of the stage, in front of the flag banner. Click for enlargements.
Atlantic City Boardwalk in ruins after the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane