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Bathing at the beach in the "Gay Nineties"

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Order Number	00070509
Title	Bathing at the beach in the "Gay Nineties"
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Beaches.; S-000-965 4x5
Date	[ca. 1890]
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Photo shows several children playing on the shore at this unidentified Southern California beach during the "Gay Nineties". Notice their swimsuits, all of which are black in color; girls wore dresses with long stockings, and boys wore long shirts and shorts underneath. A fragile-looking wooden pier can be seen on the right. The Gay Nineties refers to the decade of the 1890's. The term itself began to be used in the 1920's and artist Richard V. Cutler is credited with having penned it, after having created a series of drawings for Life Magazine entitled "the Gay Nineties".
Subject	Outdoor recreation--California. Bathing suits--California. Children--California. Beaches--California. Piers--California.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection