Surf bathing at Easton's Beach, Newport, R.I. – Vintage Wall Art
![Surf bathing at Easton's Beach, Newport, R.I., [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f1/f13c83b27978-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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Step back in time with Surf bathing at Easton's Beach, Newport, R.I., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Surf bathing at Easton's Beach, Newport, R.I.
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Surf bathing at Easton's Beach in Newport, Rhode Island, is captured here in a pair of 8 x 10 inch glass negatives, one of two variants made of the same scene. Easton's Beach, later known as First Beach, was a popular seaside destination in the early 1900s, when Newport's summer colony drew wealthy families and day visitors alike. Bathers of this era typically wore heavy wool or cotton costumes that covered the body, and beaches like this one became places for leisure and social display. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced this set around 1900 to 1905, documented resorts, cities and landscapes across the country for commercial sale.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1905] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Negatives are variants. 1471" on A negative; "1470" and "dup" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062053. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Beaches.United States--Rhode Island--Newport. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 796 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-70804 |
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