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![[Myrtle Lind. A young woman posed with a Graflex camera on a beach]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTkvMDEvMDEvbXlydGxlLWxpbmQtYS15b3VuZy13b21hbi1wb3NlZC13aXRoLWEtZ3JhZmxleC1jYW1lcmEtb24tYS1iZWFjaC02NDAuanBn/320/403/jpg "[Myrtle Lind. A young woman posed with a Graflex camera on a beach]")
![[Young women on the beach] - Victorian era public domain image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEveW91bmctd29tZW4tb24tdGhlLWJlYWNoLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "[Young women on the beach] - Victorian era public domain image")
![[Young man splashing a young woman with water at the beach] / John E. Sutcliffe.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMveW91bmctbWFuLXNwbGFzaGluZy1hLXlvdW5nLXdvbWFuLXdpdGgtd2F0ZXItYXQtdGhlLWJlYWNoLWpvaG4tZS1zdXRjbGlmZmUtYmE4NGJiLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[Young man splashing a young woman with water at the beach] / John E. Sutcliffe.")
![[Bevy of eighteen young women in bathing costumes on beach posed for Mack Sennett Productions] / Evans, L.A.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvYmV2eS1vZi1laWdodGVlbi15b3VuZy13b21lbi1pbi1iYXRoaW5nLWNvc3R1bWVzLW9uLWJlYWNoLXBvc2VkLWZvci1tYWNrLXNlbm5ldHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Bevy of eighteen young women in bathing costumes on beach posed for Mack Sennett Productions] / Evans, L.A.")
![[Mary Pickford, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, with motion picture camera, on beach]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvbWFyeS1waWNrZm9yZC1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktbGVmdC13aXRoLW1vdGlvbi02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Mary Pickford, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, with motion picture camera, on beach]")
![[The Oceanside from Cobblestone Beach, Magnolia, Massachusetts.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLW9jZWFuc2lkZS1mcm9tLWNvYmJsZXN0b25lLWJlYWNoLW1hZ25vbGlhLW1hc3MtMi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[The Oceanside from Cobblestone Beach, Magnolia, Massachusetts.]")
![[The Bathing beach, Magnolia, Massachusetts.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWJhdGhpbmctYmVhY2gtbWFnbm9saWEtbWFzcy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[The Bathing beach, Magnolia, Massachusetts.]")
