Each Saturday Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers with a photo or image that captures a bygone era. This week we’ve gotten a seaside photo. Here’s what I’ve found to share.
. Coney Island New York, ca. 1898. New York, N.Y.: Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers ; January 28. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013650113/.
. , ca. 1920. [Between and Ca. 1925] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2014713232/.
. Long Beach New York, 1882. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99403293/.
. Cannes France, 1901. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019640691/.
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You did a really nice job of finding photos to match the prompt. Boy – weren’t those the daring outfits on the beach in those days! :))
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Beach attire has sure changed! Thanks for visiting.
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Great photos! I have to laugh at the amount of fabric in those long-ago bathing costumes. Imagine trying to swim with all of that dragging one down — although it may have been good for physical fitness. And Cannes certainly looks serene before it’s film festival days.
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Terrific pictures. I’m glad not to have lived by the beach in that era and have to wear one of those suits.
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You have unearthed some wonderful vintage photographs to match this week’s prompt theme. My favourite is the first one – the girls look so happy and enjoying gun, posing in the sea.
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A nice medley! I can’t believe many people in the olden days did any real swimming in those heavy garments. Mostly splashing and frolicking to judge from these images. I wish there was a way to reproduce stereoview photos that preserved the 3-d effect.
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