Summer weekend at the beach, Raritan Bay, Amboy, New Jersey, August 1, 1865, artist's impression, detail

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Scanned by

Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

07/29/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, July 27, 2015.

Depicted ContentAmerican Life and Culture

Depicted ContentNew Jersey farming families make for the beach on the day of the Grand Annual Farmer's Picnic

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The Grand Annual Picnic and Excursion of the New Jersey farmers and their families to Raritan Bay, N.J., Saturday, August 12. - From a sketch by F.H> Schell.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 2, 1865, 377.

Source note

Cropped from the full version of this image, also available here.