Francis Bedford :: West end of Esplanade, Sidmount, UK, 1870′s. Albumen silver print. / source of main image: metmuseum.org
Detail: Man on the bench wearing sunglasses / source of detail image: imgur
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Francis Bedford :: West end of Esplanade, Sidmount, UK, 1870′s. Albumen silver print. / source of main image: metmuseum.org
Detail: Man on the bench wearing sunglasses / source of detail image: imgur
more [+] by this photographer
Ray Jones :: Janey Gaynor jumps for joy near Venice Beach, California, 1920′s / via
whataboutbobbed / source: eBay

Two unidentified women with girls at a beach. And a weird black umbrella! ca. 1890′s / via
source and hi-res: Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Amateur photographer :: France, circa 1910. Printed on albumen paper. / src: Lumière des roses

Anonymous photographer :: Plate from the album “Mickmaus romanze”. Switzerland, circa 1940. Gelatin-silver bromide print.
/ src: Lumière des roses

Beach inspector Aub Laidlaw at Bondi Beach, 16 November 1958. / src: Getty / The Sydney Morning Herald