JF Ptak Science Books Post 2246 
These images come from the Library of Congress website–many of them wound up in my pinterest account. The link for both for each image are found below. Photographs like this–wide panoramas of big groups of people–are fascinating for the collection of moments that it captures, wall-to-wall serendipities. [See the Library of Congress panorama collection.]
Galveston Beauty Review, 1927 [detail]
Detail of below, featuring an unfortunate bath suit selection and a clump of men and boys. Perhaps it is more “wad” than “clump”, like a murder of crows.
Bathing Girl Parade, Crystal Pier, California
Balboa Beach Bathing Beauty Parade, 1925 (detail from below)
