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![T[he?] bathers at Coney Island, New York's most popular beach resort](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvdGhlLWJhdGhlcnMtYXQtY29uZXktaXNsYW5kLW5ldy15b3Jrcy1tb3N0LXBvcHVsYXItYmVhY2gtcmVzb3J0LTE2OGU1Mi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/164/jpg "T[he?] bathers at Coney Island, New York's most popular beach resort")
![[Street view, looking toward Palais des Invalides, showing pavilions on L'Esplanade des Invalides, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvc3RyZWV0LXZpZXctbG9va2luZy10b3dhcmQtcGFsYWlzLWRlcy1pbnZhbGlkZXMtc2hvd2luZy1wYXZpbGlvbnMtb24tbGVzcGxhbmFkZS04MjQxOGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Street view, looking toward Palais des Invalides, showing pavilions on L'Esplanade des Invalides, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
![[Balmer's bathing beach, Coney Island, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvYmFsbWVycy1iYXRoaW5nLWJlYWNoLWNvbmV5LWlzbGFuZC1ueS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Balmer's bathing beach, Coney Island, N.Y.]")
![[The Ponies, Coney Island, New York, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXBvbmllcy1jb25leS1pc2xhbmQtbmV3LXlvcmstbnktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[The Ponies, Coney Island, New York, N.Y.]")
![[Balmer's bathing beach, Coney Island, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvYmFsbWVycy1iYXRoaW5nLWJlYWNoLWNvbmV5LWlzbGFuZC1ueS1iOTJlNGQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Balmer's bathing beach, Coney Island, N.Y.]")
