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Cape May, NJ beach bathers, Massachusetts

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Blue tone cyanotype image of beach bathers in Cape May, New Jersey. Left side of image shows a Caucasian female and male walking on the beach. The female subject wears a skirted bathing suit with white band at wrist and two white bands at hem. There are four vertical white bands going from the neck down the bodice of the bathing suit. She has dark hair pulled up in a bun/topknot in the back and rolled bangs. Her left arm is bent at the elbow and her hand is at waist level. To her right is the male subject with dark curly hair parted in the middle and a dark moustache. He is looking at her as they walk. He wears a dark, short-sleeved bathing suit with knee-length pants and a lighter-colored belt. In the near background is a beach with a building in the far right background. Handwritten on back: "Cape May".

Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

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earle d wilson collection new bedford free public library beaches new jersey cape may county cape may cyanotypes portrait photographs group portraits nj beach bathers digitalcommonwealth portrait 19th century bathing suits new bedford massachusetts
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1893
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New Bedford Free Public Library
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https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/
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earle d wilson collection new bedford free public library beaches new jersey cape may county cape may cyanotypes portrait photographs group portraits nj beach bathers digitalcommonwealth portrait 19th century bathing suits new bedford massachusetts