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Do you know how many things New Jersey is known for as the "firsts"?

• First phonograph at Menlo Park by Thomas Edison in 1877.
• First light bulb (incandescent) in 1879 by Thomas Edison
• The First Drive-in Movie Theater in Camden, NJ, in 1933, then was moved around!
• The First Submarine was was built by John Holland in 1878 in Passaic NJ.
• Joseph Campbell condensed the First Can of Soup in Camden, NJ in 1897 (Campbell's Soup)
• The First Boardwalk was built in Atlantic City, NJ in 1870 (The Steel Pier was famous for its Diving Horses)
• Les Paul made the First Solid Body Electric Guitar in Mahwah, NJ in 1940.
• Roselle, NJ was the first town to be lit with electricity!
• First direct Long Distance Dialing in the USA from Coast to Coast in Englewood, NJ in 1951! "201" was the first area code designation!
• First Miss America chosen in Atlantic City in 1921!
• First Motion Picture developed by Thomas Edison in West Orange, NJ in 1889.
• and lots, lots more!!