La plage d’Equihen, 1930

Marcel Meys :: La plage d’Equihen, Normandie, 1930. Tirage argentique original d’époque. (Photographer’s blindstamp on recto) | src eBay

At Land by Alexander Hammid

Alexander Hackenschmied :: At Land [Maya Deren?], n.d. | src Prague Auctions

Alexander Hackenschmied ~ Alexander Hammid :: At Land, n.d. | src Prague Auctions

Lartigue Summer Autochromes

Jacques-Henri Lartigue :: Nana, Bibi, Hendaye, July 1927. Stereoscopic autochrome plate. From: Lartigue. Life in Color. | src internet archive

Jacques-Henri Lartigue :: Bibi and Germaine, Cannes, July 1927. Stereoscopic autochrome plate. From: Lartigue. Life in Color. | src internet archive

Jacques-Henri Lartigue :: Bibi in Île Saint-Honorat, Cannes, 1927. Stereoscopic autochrome plate. From: Lartigue. Life in Color. | src internet archive.

Dancer Vivian Glenn, 1925

George Rinhart :: Vivian Glenn, stage dancer “did her stuff” on the beach at Atlantic City and tied up pedestrian and wheel chair traffic on the boardwalk for half an hour. (original caption) April 22nd, 1925. | src Getty Images

Françoise Sagan on the beach

Georges Dudognon :: The French writer Françoise Sagan on the beach, 1957-1960. Vintage gelatin silver print. Stamp “Copyright by Georges Dudognon” | src Ader

Learning to swim, 1934-1935

Reg Speller :: Swimming lesson for youngsters at Brighton, August 20th, 1934. (Fox Photos) | src Getty Images

Reg Speller :: Swimming Moves. Swimmers from the Rosemand school in Littlehampton practice their swimming technique on the beach, 22nd July 1935. (Fox Photos) | src Getty Images

Female nude at the beach, 1940s

John Everard :: Female Nude outdoors, standing on beach, ca. 1940s. | src vintageads on eBay

John Everard :: Female Nude outdoors at the beach, ca. 1940s. | src vintageads on eBay

John Everard :: Female Nude outdoors, standing on rocks, ca. 1940s. | src eBay

John Everard :: Female Nude (half nude, close up) outdoors, ca. 1940s. | src eBay

Stella Kadmon, beach of Tel Aviv

Stella Kadmon on the beach of Tel Aviv, ca. 1940s © Theatermuseum Wien. Stella Kadmon was an enthusiastic pioneer of the cabaret stages in Vienna. At the age of 29 she founded Vienna’s first literary and political cabaret, “Lieber Augustin” in the cellar of Café Prückl. On March 9, 1938, the last performance at “Lieber Augustin” took place. Due to persecution and war, the troupe was scattered to the four winds, and not everyone survived. [read more] | src Jüdisches Museum Wien

Day Dreaming, 1930s

Lionel Wendt :: Dreaming, 1933–34, photogravure, from Lionel Wendt’s Ceylon (London, Lincolns-Prager Publishers Ltd, 1950). | src British Art Studies

Lionel Wendt :: ‘Day-Dream’, Fonseka, Manel. Exhibition Catalogue Rediscovering Lionel Wendt, Lionel Wendt Memorial Fund, Colombo, 1994, p.4. | src Lionel Wendt Centre for the Arts
Another print, dated 1938, is titled ‘In Silent Places’ (bromide)

Children at the Beach

Adolphe Burdet (circle of) :: Acht kinderen bij een sloep aan het strand (Eight Children by a Boat on the Beach), ca. 1922 – ca. 1930. Autochrome. | src Rijksmuseum

Adolphe Burdet (circle of) :: Drie kinderen spelend aan het Noordzeestrand (Three children playing on the North Sea beach), 1907 – 1930. Autochrome. | src Rijksmuseum

Clifton R. Adams :: Meisje op Engels strand (Girl on English Beach), Sandown, Isle of Wight, ca. 1920 – ca. 1935. Autochrome. | src Rijksmuseum