Gallery

Black and white photo of a woman with a wave crashing over her on Chicken Bone Beach, NJ.
Photo courtesy of John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries

Black and white photo of five children swimming in a lake at Idlewild, MI.
Photo courtesy of Yale University Library Digital Collections

Black and white photo of a woman posing on the sand in shallow water on Chicken Bone Beach, NJ.
Photo courtesy of John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries

Black and white photo of Major Chas. R. Douglass, founder of Highland Beach, MD.
Photo courtesy of Yale University Library Digital Collections

Black and white postcard of three boats on the lake at Idlewild, MI.
Photo courtesy of The Modernist Journals Project (searchable database). Brown and Tulsa Universities, ongoing. www.modjourn.org

Black and white photo of Martin Luther King Jr. and another man posing for a woman with a camera on Chicken Bone Beach, NJ.
Photo courtesy of John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries

Teenage campers stand at the entrance sign of Lincoln Hills, CO.
Photo courtesy of of Denver Public Library Special Collections

Black and white aerial photo of Steel Pier and Auditorium Pier in Atlantic City, NJ.
Photo courtesy of the Historical Society of Riverton, NJ

Black and white photo of Haley G. Douglass sitting in a boat on the water at Highland Beach, MD.
Photo courtesy of Highland Beach Historical Collection

Black and white photo of people on the shore and in the water at a lake at Idlewild, MI.
Photo courtesy of Yale University Library Digital Collections

Black and white postcard of a lake, a small dock, and trees at Idlewild, MI.
Photo courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University

Black and white of a woman and a man on a carnival ride at Carr’s Beach, MD.
Photo courtesy of Blacks of the Chesapeake. Maryland State Archives.

Black and white photo of a young boy crabbing on a pier in Atlantic City, NJ.
Photo courtesy of John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries

Black and white photo of a young boy in a boat on a lake in Idlewild, MI.
Photo courtesy of Yale University Library Digital Collections

Black and white photo of five young girls sitting on and around a wooden bridge built over a creek in Lincoln Hills, CO.
Photo courtesyof Denver Public Library Special Collections

Black and white photo of a young girl swimming in the water with people on the shore behind her at Chicken Bone Beach, NJ.
Photo courtesy of the Atlantic City Free Public Library

Black and white photo of Sammy Davis Jr. and friends on Chicken Bone Beach, NJ.
Photo courtesy of John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries

Postcard in color of a parking lot filled with cars next to a building in Idlewild, MI.
Photo courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University

Black and white postcard of cars parked amidst trees and buildings in Idlewild, MI.
Photo courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University

Black and white photo of heavyweight championship boxer Joe Louis sitting with friends on Chicken Bone Beach, NJ.
Photo courtesy of John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries

Black and white photo of a man operating a boat on the water and a woman sitting on the near Chicken Bone Beach, NJ.
Photo courtesy of John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries

Black and white photo of four women posing in front of disc jockey, Hoppy Adams’, car at Carr’s Beach
Photo courtesy of Blacks of the Chesapeake. Maryland State Archives.

Black and white photo of The Sharkettes on Fox Lake
Photo from The Indiana Album

Children eat lunch on the enclosed porch at Winks Panorama in Lincoln Hills, CO.
Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library Special Collections

Black and white photo of “Stasia with Tee in water” at Highland Beach, MD.
Photo courtesy of Linda Newton