Promenade walk, York Beach, Me.

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-188138

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Temporary
Promenade walk, York Beach, Me.
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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Temporary

Description

The postcard features the boardwalk, also called a promenade walk, shore and surrounding homes at York Beach, Maine. Men and women walk in pairs and small groups. Many women also carry parasols. The beach is wide and has patches of sand grass.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beaches
boardwalks
promenades (walkways)
recreation
summer (season)
postcard albums
photographs
picture postcards
postcards

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1984

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.004

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

York Beach (York county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Thomson & Thomson (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

postcard albums
photographs
picture postcards
postcards

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg.28-29. Original in Postcards - Maine - York

Description Level

Item

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