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Boy in a Sailor Suit

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., posed at the beach wearing a sailor suit and hat. The photograph was probably taken during a family vacation to the Biloxi area. J...
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Seaside Amusements

Date: 1924
Description: View of developed beachfront, including roller-coaster, hotels, pier and seagulls.
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Bathers on the Beach

Date: 1920
Description: A rowboat rests on the sand at a beach while sunbathers gather around umbrellas set up nearby. A boardwalk and several buildings are in in the background.
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Bathing Beach and Cottages

Date: 1920
Description: View toward bathing beach and seashore, with people sunbathing near umbrellas and wading in the water. Summer homes are in the background on the cliffs alo...
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York Harbor

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of a pond in the foreground, and the seashore beyond. Houses are along the cliffs in the background.
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The Beach

Date: 1920
Description: View along rocky shoreline towards adults and children on the seashore, nde wading in the water. In the distance are cottages and other buildings, possibly...
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The Dipsy Baths at Kennebunkport Beach

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the Dipsy Baths outbuilding and surrounding beach. Umbrellas are set up in the sand where people sunbathe or wade in the water, and an Ame...
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Beach Pavilion

Date: 1925
Description: A weathered building stands on a beach, possibly in the state of Washington. A Falstaff beer sign is painted on its side. There is a bridge or viaduct in t...
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Publicity Still of Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix

Date: 1922
Description: Original caption: "This might be a demonstration of a clubby way to sharpen a carving knife, or it might be nothing but a snapshot of Helene Chadwick and R...
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Map of Northern Africa

Date: 1925
Description: Map of northern Africa with the border between Algeria and Tunisia drawn in red. Caption reads: "199A — (L61208) Map Series 2 The Eastern Barbary States."
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At the Beach

Date: 1924
Description: Margaret Bouer Brumder is sitting on a log on a beach, with her son Philip beside her. Her other children, Barbara and Herbert Edmund are standing behind t...
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In Florida

Date: 1924
Description: Margaret (Mrs. Herbert Paul) Brumder is sitting on the running board of a well-polished automobile with her two sons, Herbert Edmund, left, and Philip Geor...

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