In 1952 the bungalow industry in Sullivan County, NY, believed to be the largest in New York State, reported that rentals for the summer were at 100 per cent, “the greatest season in its history.”
Likewise, during the peak summer season the county’s hotels “had not a single room to spare.” The Liberty Register newspaper reported in its September 11 edition that year that “the county’s 534 resort hotels — the largest concentration of such hotels in the world — with 34,000 rooms, operated at 100 per cent capacity.” [Read more…] about The 1952 Vacation Boom in Sullivan County