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Beach Crowd A Summer Afternoon

Brighton Beach, England
1888 BB188810

Costume
   Bathing dresses. Shirts and shorts.

   Calves.

Actions
   A peddler caters to men, women, boys, girls at one of England's most popular resorts (1). A carnival graces the background.

Commentary
   Swings and what looks to be a steam engine are all seen along the high beach. Compare this scene to Trouville, across the Channel (TF189810).

Source
   Steel engraving in Cassell's Picturesque Australasia, Vol. 1, 1888, and reproduced as file PEOP_175.TIF, in People and Portraits, CD-ROM, Wildside Press, New York, 1997. 1 picture.
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