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Beach scene with boys in swimming costumes, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., undated

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GUSN-190818

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Description

This stereo view depicts visitors on a Martha's Vineyard beach and boys in swimming costumes sit in the surf. Men and women in everyday clothing stand on the beach. One of the women wears a hat with a full netted veil. The men wear three-piece suits with the exception of a soldier.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bathing beaches
shores (landforms)
soldiers
bathhouses (water recreation structures)
boys
recreation
stereographs
photographs

Physical Description

1 stereograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1929-02-28

Reference Code

PC001.04.01.USMA.1090.0010.001

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Martha's Vineyard (Dukes county, Massachusetts) [island]

Record Details

Material Type

stereographs
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 120-121. Original in Stereoviews - Martha's Vineyard, MA

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Item

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