Most likely taken within the Plum Island area of Newburyport, Mass., this intriguing photograph shows six men posed around an oversized wooden swing situated on a mowed field, probably the island’s tidal marsh. One theory for the height of this swing would be because tidal changes could submerge the structure.

print notes: lower margin of photograph torn to fit pre-cut window within small album.

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