When Boardwalk Empire, the new series about Prohibition-era Atlantic City, debuted September 19, it had plenty of factors in its favor: an acclaimed director (Martin Scorsese), writer (Terence Winter), and network (HBO). But it also had a powerhouse researcher in its corner: Atlantic City Free Public Library’s Heather Halpin Perez.
“I was one of the historical consultants who was working at providing details about some of the sets and costumes,” Perez, archivist for the library’s Alfred M. Heston Collection of materials related to Atlantic City History, told American Libraries.
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