By the Sea

Photographer Unknown

CountryUnknown

MediumPhotogravure: Text

VolumeBits of Nature: Ten Photogravures of American Scenery

AtelierN.Y. Photogravure Company (New York City)

Year1893

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Children, Diptych, Documentary, Marine, Oceans, Men: Leisure Time, People, sailboats, Seashore, Women: Leisure Time

Dimensions

Image Dimensions: 21.3 x 12.9 cm | top: 8.2 x 11.7 cm bottom: 8.8 x 11.9 cm (Japan tissue)
Support Dimensions: 23.5 x 28.2 cm | thin, manilla leaf


These documentary photographs taken by an amateur photographer were taken at an unknown location-but most likely at one of the beaches around the boroughs of New York City, possibly Coney Island. Note ropes utilized by the children and others as a safety device.

By the Sea