Group portrait of nine swimmers in bathing suits and caps at Betterton Beach in Kent County, Maryland. Located at the end of a peninsula where the Sassafras River enters the Chesapeake Bay, Betterton was a popular beach resort on the Eastern Shore during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
1922
3 x 5 inches
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1 print
16963
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