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Family and Friends A Day at the Beach

Far Rockaway Beach, New York
c. 1890 RB189010

Costume
Dresses, suits, maillots, sunhats, parasols, and balloons.

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Actions
   A large family and friends throw a holiday celebration on a beautiful day at the seaside (1).

Commentary
   Impressionistic influences are evident in this late 19th century painting of Far Rockaway Beach, currently at the Queens end of the A Train in New York City.

Source
   Edward Potthast, "Rockaway Beach," private Collection. Scanned from Ronald G. Pisano, Long Island Landscape Painting, 1820-1920, A New York Graphic Society Book, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1985. 1 picture.
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