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“It’s the First Day of Summer”

The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics, 1809-1815, 1810, Plate 24 "Evening promenade, or sea beach costumes"The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics, 1809-1815, 1810, Plate 24, "Evening promenade, or sea beach costumes"

These young ladies look ready to brave the hot, sandy beaches in their voluminous attire, circa 1810.

Watch out for that wave, Gidget . . .

 
—Elizabeth Periale

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