Children at Play – Object #4

Children Playing with Rope at Beach

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<p>A large number of people wade in the waves just off the shoreline, while several hold on to a rope on the beach. The young people are wearing bathing costumes that look like short dresses.</p>

Children playing with rope at beach, possibly Atlantic City, N.J., between 1890 and 1910.

Questions:

What people, objects, and activities do you see in this photograph?

How can you tell this photograph was taken in the past?

How do you think children playing at the beach would look different today?

Citations

Detroit Publishing Company. Children playing with rope at beach, possibly Atlantic City, N.J. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.