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Good beach day
By adamg on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 8:26pm
Leslie Jones visited Revere Beach in 1919 and City Point in 1931:
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The first photobomb?
The kid with the ladies is outstanding.
Devin Cole?
If that's not a young Devin Cole my name isn't Anon. He was probably rounding up some prohibition era entreprenuers for a meet up at a local speakeasy.
What women looked like before
What women looked like before soda.
Ummm...
You do know Coca-Cola has been in business since 1886 and this photograph was taken in 1919, right?!
Way to ruin a good joke.
Way to ruin a good joke.
Scandal!
And moments later, these women were arrested for indecent exposure for showing their shoulders and knees in public.
Construction?
Anyone know what the construction project is in the background of the City Point photo?
Suldog
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The pier where Kelly's
The pier where Kelly's Landing used to be maybe?
It is striking how trim most
It is striking how trim most people, kids included, in the photo look. Not the way a beach photo at the same locations would look today.
Maybe More Like "Starved"
At least, possibly, in the 1931 photo. We're talking true depression-era stuff, probably some of the poorest folks in the city enjoying free entertainment for the most part.
Also, maybe those swimsuits cover up more than today's do? :-)
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com