Boardwalk and beach, Ocean City, Maryland – Historic Print
![Boardwalk and beach, Ocean City, Maryland, [between 1920 and 1940] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b4/b47046468a42-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 rare historic photograph captures Boardwalk and beach, Ocean City, Maryland in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Boardwalk and beach, Ocean City, Maryland
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Ocean City, on Maryland's Atlantic coast, is the subject here, with its boardwalk running along the beach as the town's central promenade. The photograph dates from roughly 1920 to 1940, a period when seaside resorts along the Eastern Seaboard drew growing numbers of visitors by automobile and rail for swimming, strolling, and amusements. The Wittemann Collection, from which this print comes, holds many such views of American resort life, so the image also serves as a record of how people spent leisure time between the world wars. Look closely at the boardwalk's crowds and open beachfront to get a sense of the casual, public character of these early resort promenades.
| Created / published | [between 1920 and 1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1940. |
| Notes | Wittemann Collection. No. 918. |
| Subjects | Boardwalks--Maryland--Ocean City--1920-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,945 × 1,260 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170089 |
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