Green Island Silverton NJ Vintage Advertising Sign 1940s-50s Barnegat Bay

  

ONE OF A KIND - Green Island Silverton NJ Vintage Advertising Sign - Barnegat Bay Planned Community 1940s-50s Jersey Shore Real Estate. Exceptional vintage sign promoting Green Island, the historic waterfront planned community in Silverton, Toms River, New Jersey.

This rare piece - approximately 12 inches long - was produced by a sign company, almost certainly as a client proof or presentation sample, and promotes bay front and lagoon lots along Barnegat Bay. A one-of-a-kind survivor from the postwar Jersey Shore real estate boom.

Vintage sign company proof or sample, approx. Two-color illustrated design featuring a sailboat graphic. Text reads: Green Island - Silverton, N. A Planned Community - Bay Front and Lagoon Lots - Turn Left on Hooper Avenue.

Produced by a sign company as a client presentation piece, circa 1940s-1950s. Displays age-appropriate wear consistent with period. Note: Sign has the smell of smoke - likely from being in a smoking office for 50+ years.

Should not be an issue once framed. The History Green Island is a real, still-thriving waterfront neighborhood in Silverton (Toms River Township), Ocean County, New Jersey - situated at the intersection of Barnegat Bay and Kettle Creek. The Green Island Community Association was established in 1945, placing this sign squarely in the era when the neighborhood was being actively developed and marketed to postwar buyers seeking waterfront lots on the Jersey Shore. Hooper Avenue (County Route 549) remains the main artery into Silverton to this day.

As a sign company proof or sample, this piece almost certainly never saw mass production - making it a genuine one-of-a-kind artifact. Directly tied to an active, tight-knit community with 700+ households and deep multigenerational roots. Strong collector appeal across multiple categories: New Jersey ephemera, Jersey Shore memorabilia, Toms River and Ocean County history, vintage advertising, and mid-century planned community real estate history. A natural display piece for current and former Green Island residents - and a museum-quality piece for local history collections.

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