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Bathing Scene at Tenth Street

Date: 1915
Description: People crowd the boardwalk at Tenth Street, entering and exiting the shops at left. On the right people are sunbathing on the beach and swimming in the sur...
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Mendota Yacht Club Beachcombers Party

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: Seated on the lifeguard's tower at the Maple Bluff swimming beach is Jerry Nesbit and Judy Kayser. Standing on the pier is Dick Ela. They are attending the...
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Emile de Antonio on East Hampton Beach

Date: 1971
Description: Emile de Antonio stands on a beach wearing a suit coat, pants and shoes while carrying logs and sticks of different sizes. He is turned to the side and is ...
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Police Women on the Beach

Date: 1922
Description: Caption below the illustration reads, "ON A CHICAGO BEACH in 1922 policewomen, patrolling the sands on behalf of morality, confront three offenders." Two p...
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Fun at the Lake

Date: 1907
Description: An unidentified young woman wearing a white dress is standing on the prow of a skiff watching fifteen children playing in shallow water. A second woman is ...

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