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New York City. Boys swimming at dock. Rutgers Slip, ca. 1908 – Historic Reproduction

New York City. Boys swimming at dock. Rutgers Slip, ca. 1908, ca. 1908. — historic photograph
New York City. Boys swimming at dock. Rutgers Slip, ca. 1908, ca. 1908.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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New York City. Boys swimming at dock. Rutgers Slip, ca. 1908 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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New York City. Boys swimming at dock. Rutgers Slip, ca. 1908

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Boys splash and swim off a dock at Rutgers Slip, a small inlet on the East River at the edge of Manhattan's crowded Lower East Side. Around 1908, many children in the tenement neighborhoods had few places to cool off, so the river's piers and slips were a common summer gathering spot despite the risks. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a large body of news photographs taken in New York in the early 1900s. The title and date come from old caption card data that has not been independently verified, but the scene fits the period's street life well.

Created / publishedca. 1908.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,024 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119289

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