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[Boat on beach and bathers, Atlantic City, N.J.] – Historic Print

[Boat on beach and bathers, Atlantic City, N.J.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Boat on beach and bathers, Atlantic City, N.J.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Atlantic 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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[Boat on beach and bathers, Atlantic City, N.J.]

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A boat drawn up on the sand beside the bathers gives this view its particular character, setting it apart from the more general beach scenes in the collection. The Detroit Publishing Company made this large glass negative sometime between 1900 and 1915, a period when Atlantic City was a major seaside resort reachable by rail from Philadelphia and New York, and its beach pictures recorded the crowds who came for sun, surf, and sea air. The negative entered the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado. Its title was assigned by a cataloger rather than the photographer, so the scene itself is the best guide to what it shows.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Locale based on negative D418-31663. G 288" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 031664. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBeaches. Boats.United States--New Jersey--Atlantic City.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 720 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76901

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