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Picnicing on the beach – Vintage Wall Art

Picnicing on the beach, [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
Picnicing on the beach, [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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This rare historic photograph captures Picnicing on the beach in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Coney Island, the Brooklyn seaside resort, is the setting for this scene of women gathered for a picnic on the sand. The picture dates from between 1900 and 1905 and comes from a glass negative in the Detroit Publishing Company Collection, a firm known for its broad catalog of American views from the turn of the twentieth century. Beach outings like this were a popular way for city residents to escape crowded neighborhoods in summer, and the informal meal spread on open sand shows how leisure at the shore was being enjoyed in those years.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 6.5 x 8.5 in.
NotesLocale from negative D4-60021. G 1059" on negative. Coney Island
SubjectsBeaches. Picnics. Women.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 770 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70726

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