Weekend, April 20-21, 2024 – SUMMER FUN IS COMING BY THE SEASIDE

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TODAY, 10 A.M TO 2 P.M. AT THE RIVERCROSS LAWN

APRIL 20-21, 2024

 

BY THE SEA…

BY THE SEA

ISSUE # 1224

SHORPY

THE HISTORICAL AMERICAN
PHOTO ARCHIVE

Rockaway Bungalows: 1910… as at Coney, Manhattan, Brighton, and other New York City beaches, the streets are set up perpendicular to the beach and are only a few … She couldn’t have cared less about the beautiful beaches across the ocean in France or Italy, for Rockaway Beach was her … 

… Spandex My only question is… Where are the beaches in Washington, DC?!?! [Along the Potomac or Anacostia rivers. This is probably near the Tidal Basin. – Dave] Beaches in DC Is that the Washington Monument in the distance? With the …

Four Belles: 1923… it makes the a plain woman look hideous. Locating the Beaches Digging around, I’ve been able to dig up some info about the two beaches mentioned here in these photos. The Potomac bathing beach was … 

Erie Pavilion: 1908… – people of all ages love to dig in the sand. Clean beaches In this scene and the many Jersey Shore scenes the beaches appear to be much cleaner than the recent 

The Steel Pier: 1904… half of the 19th century, bathing machines were on the beaches in the UK. They looked like little sheds, and you went into them, … article in the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the beaches were restricted in most Jersey coastal towns, including Atlantic City. …

Washington, D.C., 1923. “Opening of Potomac bathing beach.” Everyone say “yaaaay!” National Photo Company Collection glass negative

Bathing beach beauty contest, 1920. Elizabeth Margaret Williams and Elizabeth Roache. View full size. National Photo Company.

Summer 1937. “Street scene — Provincetown, Massachusetts.” And a reminder to “Don’t write — Telegraph!” 35mm negative by Edwin Rosskam

… African-Americans? [There were two municipal bathing beaches at the Tidal Basin. The white one, on the southeastern side, opened in … 

June 26, 1923. Back at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Taken a year after the pool’s opening in 1922, this photo shows the addition of a slide. National Photo Company

  Brooklyn, New York, circa 1901. “Brighton Beach.” Where, as noted on the sign, “Neither indecent bathing suits nor immodest deportment will be tolerated.” 

WEEKEND PHOTO

NO PARKING IN BUS STOP
DATE THIS PHOTO?

PHOTO OF THE DAY

ALEXIS VILLAFANE AND NINA LUBLIN KNEW THE 
BBQ AREA AT LIGHTHOUSE PARK

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