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The Pier, Revere Beach, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1913

Location Note

Postcards - Revere, Mass.

GUSN

GUSN-330540

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Description

A color postcard depicting a female swimmer, believed to be Anne Morecroft a well known distance swimmer of the time.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beaches
bathing beaches
amusement parks
swimming
bathing costumes
bathing suits
postcards

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

2018

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.032

Credit Line

Gift of Cristina Prochilo, 2018

Places

Crescent Beach (Revere, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Revere Beach (Revere, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [beach]

Record Details

Originator

Tichnor Bros., Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards

Subjects

Beach

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Postcards - Revere, Mass.

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