Two young women in a photography studio, posing for a beach scene, The Pike, Long Beach

Photograph

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

Two young women in a photography studio, posing for a beach scene, The Pike, Long Beach

Entry/Object ID

2014.742.2.1

Description

A real photographic postcard of two young women in a studio, posing for a beach scene, The Pike, Long Beach, ca. 1910. The photograph was taken by T.A. Manning. It includes an azo postage stamp box. Inscribed on the front in pencil names the two women as Pearl and a friend. The two women are dressed in knee length, sailor inspired, swim suits with stockings underneath. They are sitting on a low retaining wall with the water and pier in the background. The woman on the right holds a parasol over her head. The postcard is in fair condition with minor silvering, darkening and yellowing to areas of image and warping.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Real Photographic Postcards