{"id":25519,"date":"2025-07-22T09:07:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=25519"},"modified":"2025-07-22T11:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:18:12","slug":"the-history-of-unique-jersey-innovations-to-be-celebrated-at-brick-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2025\/07\/the-history-of-unique-jersey-innovations-to-be-celebrated-at-brick-library\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Unique ‘Jersey Innovations’ to be Celebrated at Brick Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Brick Township branch of the Ocean County Library will present a program on innovations and inventions that uniquely “Jersey.”<\/p>\n

Band-Aids. Barcodes. Motion pictures. The modern submarine. All of these life-changing inventions originated in New Jersey. Author Linda J. Barth will reveal our state\u2019s productive history in \u201cThe Garden State: Where Ideas Grow\u201d at the Ocean County Library’s Brick Branch, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19.<\/p>\n

Barth will discuss items in use around the world that mark New Jersey as a land of innovation, such as Bubble Wrap, flexible film, and transistors \u2013 plus the plethora of patents issued to Thomas Alva Edison. The New Jersey writer, teacher and tour guide has authored nine thoughtfully researched, vividly-written works that bring depth to New Jersey\u2019s remarkable history, innovations and people.<\/p>\n

Her books include: “Hidden New Jersey, A History of Inventing in New Jersey: From Thomas Edison to the Ice Cream Cone,” “The Millstone Valley through Time,” and “New Jersey Originals: Technological Marvels, Odd Inventions, Trailblazing Characters.” Those titles and more are available at the library along with the anthology to which she contributed, “New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State.”<\/p>\n

Those who wish to attend are asked to register at tinyurl.com\/OclBNJ<\/a> for the free program. For more information, visit the OCL Brick Branch, 301 Chambers Bridge Road, or call 732-477-4513.<\/p>\n

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