Beach - Toes Tenderly Treated 1922 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
Beach - Toes Tenderly Treated 1922 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1922, Aug 16th
Original title: Toe doctor
Location: Washington DC, Arlington Bathing Beech (maybe)
I like strange and unusual images, and this fits that pretty well. An odd useless service, served by a foot fetish guy. Get off the sandy beach, let this guy touch your feet, and then - leave back onto the sandy beach? Seems a bit odd if you ask me. But it seems to be amusing everyone a little too much.
Most people are staring at that one girl, the guy in center, no matter how many times I looked at this, I swear he was holding a phone. Then there is the guy next to him with the swim cap, I wonder what's going on in his mind?
The image itself was quite crooked. Moving the tower up right again, made the stand really tippy. I had to work some magic getting it to look straight again.
It's rather hard to read that sign of warnings. I did the best I could to get the letters to stand out better, but much is lost. The best I can make out is - No Splashing, and something else is prohibited... probably having fun in the water.
The swimsuits of the 20's all ranged in deep colors, nothing that bright. Red, green, blue, maroons, dark colors for the most part. Its interesting to see how short they became in just 20 years time, (during the time they wore long pants to the beach).
The location of this beach is a little unknown. There was a place called Arlington beach, and it was near where the Pentagon is now. I believe there is a clover shaped lake there, and that's where this place was.
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April 15th, 2016
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