Finally! I'm settled and Interneted once more, in a shiny new city ready to start a masters--in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management, no less!
But, more importantly, time for some photographs! How about starting with another visit to the beach?
From various archives-- see source links.
State Library and Archives of Florida |
Kids playing on the beach, Sarasota, Florida, 1953. Source
National Library of New Zealand |
People doing their best with a silver of beach, Oriental Bay, Wellington, NZ, c. 1930s. Source
State Library and Archives of Florida |
A woman on Palm Beach, Florida, 1896. Source
State Library and Archives of Florida |
African-American children on the beach with a dog, Apalachicola, Florida, c. 1895. Source
Nantucket Historical Association |
A family at Jetties Beach, Nantucket, Kentucky, 1906. Source
LIFE archives © Time Inc. |
A group of children-- Charles Dickens' grandchildren, incidentally-- on the beach with nets. The date given is 1949 but I'm going with no, that's not the date of the photo (perhaps it's the year the story ran, instead?). Source
Ralph Crane, LIFE © Time Inc. |
A couple cuddling in a hole on the beach, Santa Monica, 1950. Source
Allan Grant, LIFE © Time Inc. |
Actor Russ Tamblyn (Riff in West Side Story) doing a random flip on the beach, California, 1955. Source
Loomis Dean, LIFE © Time Inc. |
"Beach Bums", 1950. Source
State Library of Queensland |
A beach tug of war in Southport, Queensland, 1917. Source
Swedish National Heritage Board |
People on the beach in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, c. 1872. Source
University of Washington Libraries |
A car driving past a shipwreck on a beach, Washington (State), 1923. Source
Library of Congress |
A photochrom of the beach in Ostend, Belgium, c. 1890s. Source
Lisa Larsen, LIFE © Time Inc. |
Girls playing on Atlantic Beach, Florida, 1954. Source
Allan Grant, LIFE © Time Inc. |
A good old-fashioned watermelon beach party, San Diego, 1948. Source
Alfred Eisenstaedt, LIFE © Time Inc. |
Publicity man Russell Birdwell in his own publicity shot, California, c. 1938. Source
More seaside fun:
4 comments:
You're back! Wheeeee!
Missed you! So glad you're back. Best wishes with the MA program.
Nanina
Very nice collection of beach photos!I enjoyed them.
Awww, thanks so much!! :)
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