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Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, circa 1905. "Sea shore, first lessons." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Ah, great photo. Makes me long to be beside the seaside! Think I will make this my desktop picture for the time being.
At Shorpy. The young lady furthest out in the water facing the camera. Prettiest smile I've seen from pics of the early 20th century.
What great detail in this photo. You can even see the bubbly holes the sand makes after the shore recedes.
We don't see much of those ships on the horizon nowadays, do we?
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