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Lost Horizon: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 5:58am.
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New York circa 1905. "Surf bathing at Coney Island. Children swinging on pier rope." 8½ x 6½ glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Ah, Elaine's inspiration
Submitted by Don Struke on Thu, 03/10/2011 - 3:35am.
Nothing is more urban than New York's Coney Island, so it is no surprise where Elaine Benes got the idea for the name of her "Urban Sombrero" as featured in the 1997 J. Peterman catalog. Make your own shade, little wader, make your own shade.
Wait a sec. That rope on the right. Are we watching children being whisked up and away by some unseen power, some evil thing that is - oh, I don't know - saucer-shaped? Or perhaps they are just now arriving, pod by pod.
That would've been me
Submitted by Talitha Clementine on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 5:41pm.
On the right, high above the water, hanging on for dear life! As Mae West once said, "A girl who knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up!"
Swim Suits
Submitted by texas deb on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 10:21pm.
I wonder why these children are so dressed up at the beach.
I love this picture. You are really witnessing a slice of life here.
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