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Surf bathing – Antique Wall Art

Surf bathing, [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
Surf bathing, [between 1900 and 1905]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(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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The record places this view of surf bathing possibly in York, though the location is uncertain. Seaside bathing was becoming a popular leisure pastime in the early 1900s, and bathers of that era typically wore heavy wool costumes that covered most of the body. The Detroit Publishing Company produced and sold large numbers of views like this one to tourists and travel promoters. Its glass negratives, now held by the Library of Congress, offer a useful record of how people spent their holidays around 1900.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
Notes1553" on negative. Possibly in York
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70814

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