Looking at this photo I would come to the opposite conclusion. I can't find any obese people and if there any they are certainly in the minority. A photo of today's beachgoers would surely not look like the people in this photo.

With the possible exception of the blurred woman in the foreground, please find me one in the entire group who would be considered overweight.

It's amazing how many people are in this picture and yet there is not one person of color.

So great to see the last few postings featuring my Detroit. With the Detroit Publishing Company associated with so many photos, it's difficult to search for those featuring Detroit. Keep 'em coming!

Too bad Guinness World Records wouldn't be published until 37 years later.

Yes, they probably are in fact nearly now all gone. But seeing pictures like these collectively nudge us into acknowledging that once they were very much alive and went on to become our grandparents and great-grandparents. My childhood memory of my own grandparents is of them being old and sickly; photos like these help us kind of know them as we may never have had the opportunity.

But someone moved.

Where is Wally?

The spires and standpipes of Water Works Park are seen in the background. What a time to be alive, eh?

That guy in the middle looks just like George Michael.

I love all these beach and swimsuit photos on Shorpy. Goes to show that the misconception that everyone was stick thin compared to people today is so far fetched. You can see all shapes and sizes then and now. Granted there are far more morbidly obese people now. Still I'd say if we took a bunch of people at a modern beach, made them change in to those old wool bathing suits, and took a shot it wouldn't look too different from this.

Yes, I know it's a lake, but what a spectacle. Speaking of, to the left of the guy in the horizontally striped swimsuit (also on the left) is the one beachgoer I see wearing glasses. The crowd's median age appears to be under 25. Many have around their necks what I am certain are storage locker keys. The abundance of attractive faces is striking, and my personal Best of Da Beach pick are these three bonneted lovelies, who surely occupy the A Table back at their school cafeteria.

Another one of those shots that whisper to you. That's why I like Shorpy.

The tower that a couple of people are climbing on here is a sort of miniature version of Detroit's "moonlight" towers. An opposite view from the water, including the beautiful old bathhouse, that clearly shows the entire light tower can be seen here.

Pictures like this look so current it's hard to believe they are all dead except for the very youngest and even they are in their mid-90s by now if still living!