York Beach, Me., York Beach, and Union Bluffs

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-188141

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Temporary
York Beach, Me., York Beach, and Union Bluffs
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Temporary

Description

This postcard depicts York Beach with men, women and children strolling along the seaweed covered shore and swimming in the surf. Above the beach on the Union Bluffs are large hotels and homes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bathing beaches
swimmers
grand hotels
beaches
postcards
photographs
picture postcards

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1919

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.005

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

York Beach (York county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Hugh C. Leighton Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards
photographs
picture 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. 29.

Restrictions

Top right-hand corner is missing.

Description Level

Item

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