City children - bathing [nude in East] River, N.Y. City – Vintage Wall Art
![City children - bathing [nude in East] River, N.Y. City, [between 1908 and 1916] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/38/38b6cd0d9673-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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This historic photograph of City children - bathing [nude in East] River, N.Y. City brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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City children - bathing [nude in East] River, N.Y. City
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Children splashing and swimming without clothes in the East River give this scene its unusual subject, since most pictures from the Bain collection show streets, crowds, or public events. The photograph comes from the Bain News Service, a New York picture agency that supplied news images to newspapers in the early 1900s. Riverside swimming was common among city children of that era, especially in crowded neighborhoods where few public pools existed and summer heat was hard to escape. The image records a informal form of recreation that public bathhouses and supervised pools would later gradually replace.
| Created / published | [between 1908 and 1916] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | No. 2738-2. Photoprint by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Bathing; Children--at play; Geog.; Nudity. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,104 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158651 |
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