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Bathers on Hampton Beach, N.H.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: N.H.: Hampton: Beach and bathing scenes

GUSN

GUSN-194806

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Description

Bathers sit and stand on Hampston Beach, New Hampshire. Women and girls wear bathing caps and bathing suits with knee-length skirts, while others wear dresses and hold parasols. The men and boys wear tank suits.

Details

Descriptive Terms

recreation areas
summer resorts
coastlines
bathing caps
parasols
summer (season)
tank suits
beachwear
swimming
recreation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000082
AccessID 108
Other identifier HNEDID-000082

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USNH.0680.0060.003

Date Notes

1880s-1910s

Places

Hampton Beach (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Originator

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

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

outdoor recreation
sports & leisure

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: N.H.: Hampton: Beach and bathing scenes

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