Surf bathing at Easton's Beach, Newport, R.I. – Historic Print
![Surf bathing at Easton's Beach, Newport, R.I., [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/10/1024472cbdaf-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Surf bathing at Easton's Beach, Newport, R.I., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Surf bathing at Easton's Beach, Newport, R.I.
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Easton's Beach, the long sandy shore on Newport's Atlantic side, was a favorite summer destination by the early 1900s, when Newport had become a fashionable resort for well-to-do families from New York and Boston. This pair of glass negatives, made by the Detroit Publishing Company between 1900 and 1905, captures bathers enjoying the surf in the years when seaside bathing was turning into a popular leisure pastime. The company, known for its vivid travel views, produced many such scenes for sale to tourists. Two negatives of the same subject survive, so the record shows a retake or duplicate of the scene.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1905] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Negatives are variants. 1471" on A negative; "1470" and "dup" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062053. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Beaches.United States--Rhode Island--Newport. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-70803 |
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