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Picket Fences: 1905
Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1905. "Tent life." Looks relaxing, doesn't it? ... got the best of me and I drove the extra 5 minutes to Ocean Grove on the way home. I took this photo from almost the same ... same and the tents look somewhat similar. A variety of Ocean Grove photos that I've taken can be seen on my New Jersey photo ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/12/2014 - 2:54pm -

Picket Fences: 1905

Ocean Park: 1915
Santa Monica, Calif., circa 1915. "Pier Avenue, Ocean Park." Meet you in an hour at the Sundae Shop! 5x7 glass negative, ... from the other side! "DUH". What could have been Ocean Park was the town between Santa Monica (to the north) and Venice. Both ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/07/2018 - 12:58pm -

Ocean Park: 1915

Ocean Springs: 1901
1901. "Washington Avenue and Post Office -- Ocean Springs, Mississippi." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit ... You ain't seen nothin' yet! The men here from Ocean Springs are pretty excited about seeing a camera. Wait till they get ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/07/2022 - 3:58pm -

Ocean Springs: 1901

Ocean Grove: 1905
The New Jersey shore circa 1905. "Bathing at Ocean Grove." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. ... After the built a number of rock Jetties out into the ocean the riptides decreased. However I still remember there still being ropes ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/26/2011 - 8:43pm -

Ocean Grove: 1905

Dapper 40s Couple
... This might be the corner of Sherwood Place and Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk VA. Nothing looks the same, except for the location of the fire hydrant. Ocean View Amusement Park was located just down the road at Granby Street and ... 
 
Posted by dboynton - 04/06/2013 - 4:19pm -

Dapper 40s Couple

The Damner: 1920
... is going on here, but that's an Ohio license plate. Ocean Beach I'm going with Ocean Beach. There's surf, so it can't be the bay side. And there's a hint of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/22/2014 - 7:48pm -

The Damner: 1920

Iowa City: 1940
... entire state of Iowa was indistinguishable from a lake or ocean. Iowa City quiz Ow! I just got hurt patting myself on the back. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/19/2007 - 1:07am -

Iowa City: 1940

Chautauqua: 1890s
... as the wooden chairs that are in the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ which was built in 1894! One lonely soul all the way up ... score, accompanying the movie scene-for-scene. Ocean Grove The Ocean Grove Auditorium is the kid brother of the Amphitheatre in Chautauqua. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/13/2016 - 5:34pm -

Chautauqua: 1890s

Ocean Spray: 1910
... image of some type of tepid human broth. There's a whole ocean and entire shoreline out there, so why is everybody clustered in the same ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/12/2011 - 9:48am -

Ocean Spray: 1910

No. 1 Atlantic Ocean: 1910
... The marble-encrusted Venetian "villa" at No. 1 Atlantic Ocean of showman and real-estate developer Captain John Young. Detroit ... of feet from the shore on a pier 20 feet above the ocean, survived gales, hurricanes and several boardwalk fires before it fell to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/26/2012 - 4:52pm -

No. 1 Atlantic Ocean: 1910

Ocean Pier: 1904
Circa 1904. "Old Orchard, Maine. Ocean Pier." After a long walk on this long pier: Drink Moxie! 8x10 inch glass ... at Old Orchard and still visible in the creek entering the ocean at that point were the wooden pilings from the bridge of the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 4:23pm -

Ocean Pier: 1904

Ocean Spray: 1964
1964. "Collins Avenue, Miami Beach." With the Ocean Spray Hotel representing the Art Deco old guard and the curvy ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/15/2015 - 12:32pm -

Ocean Spray: 1964

Ocean Portico: 1939
... of the Atlantic: "Dunes Club, Narragansett, Rhode Island. Ocean portico looking out. Purves, Cope & Stewart, architect." Large-format ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/02/2014 - 9:09pm -

Ocean Portico: 1939

Ocean View: 1941
... "Facilities at trailer camp for construction workers. Ocean View, outskirts of Norfolk, Virginia." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/14/2019 - 2:07pm -

Ocean View: 1941

Pacific Ocean Park: 1960
... opened and seven years before it closed forever, Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California was supposed to rival Disneyland (or so ... 
 
Posted by rsyung - 09/12/2014 - 7:21pm -

Pacific Ocean Park: 1960

Hanging out at the ocean
Well dressed and hanging out at the ocean, possibly around Malibu, 1930's. From my grandmother's collection. View ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 06/02/2009 - 7:00pm -

Hanging out at the ocean

Côte d’Azur: 1954
... Are those ... ... swings and rings dangling over the ocean for acrobatically getting into the water? If so -- yeow! It looks ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/08/2023 - 12:37am -

Côte d’Azur: 1954

Ocean Spray: 1905
Asbury Park, New Jersey, circa 1905. "A windy day on the pier." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Man v. Wild Big waves, little people. What more is there to say? For the fun of it? ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/19/2012 - 8:55am -

Ocean Spray: 1905

Just Add Ocean: 1921
June 25, 1921. Washington, D.C. "Bathing beach costume contest." The ladies last glimpsed here , an array of lesser lights orbiting the transcendently beautiful Iola Swinnerton, second from left with the Krazy Kat doll. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/06/2018 - 10:19pm -

Just Add Ocean: 1921

Ocean Portico (Colorized): 1939
Colorized from this Shorpy original. View full size. (Colorized Photos) ... 
 
Posted by Baxado - 10/10/2014 - 7:36pm -

Ocean Portico (Colorized): 1939

High Society: 1960
... it’s less gross to flick an unfiltered butt into the ocean than a cigarette with a filter. Since Shorpy is a wholesome family site, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/25/2023 - 2:45pm -

High Society: 1960

Automobilists Welcome: 1910
... behind you, Lexington still disappears into the Atlantic Ocean. Hesperus Avenue Named, I believe, after the Longfellow poem "The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/03/2023 - 3:51pm -

Automobilists Welcome: 1910

Zines & Beans: 1938
... make sure that the oysters are the kind that grow in the ocean and not around Omaha, Nebraska, if you please. Top to Bottom Sam ... Travel Rule #1 Don't order the seafood when the nearest ocean is 1000 miles away. Or do, but eat it with a side of Imodium. What ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/12/2017 - 4:07pm -

Zines & Beans: 1938

Tent City: 1905
New Jersey circa 1905. "Tent life at Ocean Grove," the Methodist summer retreat also seen here . 8x10 glass ... Publishing Co. View full size. Closed Sundays Ocean Grove was closed to traffic on Sundays when I was a kid. There were ... but fun nonetheless. Hymn-sings, stunning vistas, even ocean bathing for the hardy; Monterey Bay's waters are never above 60 degrees ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/14/2015 - 3:36pm -

Tent City: 1905

Yale Crew: 1913
... they say about the size of Yale's endowment. The ocean was angry that day, my friend And apparently cold, too. Whoa ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/09/2012 - 11:46pm -

Yale Crew: 1913

Islesworth Gardens: 1906
... photos look as good as they do. Fastest Way to Ocean City That interurban trolley on the right is from the Shore Fast Line connecting Atlantic City to Ocean City, New Jersey. It operated into the 1940s and was immortalized as the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 12:32pm -

Islesworth Gardens: 1906

Mix Well: 1935
... it? At least egg beaters have substantially improved! Ocean Spray? Seriously? Is that ocean spray cranberry sauce next to the baking powder? Oldie But ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/28/2008 - 12:57pm -

Mix Well: 1935

Holland America: 1910
... on the Curious Tipsy Shed. View full size. Ocean Liners On the other side of the pier from the Rotterdam is another ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/28/2012 - 7:25pm -

Holland America: 1910

Ragged Point: 1950
Chesapeake Bay (Maryland) ca. 1950. "Water scenes. Boat in foreground, lighthouse in distance. Made for Mr. Sharpe of Potomac Electric Power Co." Ragged Point Light in the Potomac River. 5x7 inch nitrate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/02/2021 - 11:15am -

Ragged Point: 1950

First Presbyterian: 1904
... church down the street. - Dave] At East Monroe and Ocean It looks like the church has swallowed up some of the houses beside ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/27/2012 - 4:54pm -

First Presbyterian: 1904
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