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At the Beach

Although summer does not officially begin until June 20, many people start celebrating the summer on Memorial Day weekend by going to the shore or to their favorite beach. Below are photos of area folks enjoying the beach.

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Bathers at beach

Bathers at the beach (from the Levine Lichtman family Collection). Can you help us identify these ladies?

Beach gals

Beach gals enjoying a day at the beach (from the Levine Lichtman Family Collection). Can you help us identify these ladies?

Patersonians at Jones Beach

Patersonians enjoying the day at Jones Beach. In the rear, Gary Newman and his sister Paulette. In the front, Jonathan Mechanic and his sister Leslie.

Girls at Long Beach Long Island

Lorraine Finke is on the far right. On the left is Lillian Manketo Weiss. Standing is Rhoda Manketo Chalfin. Long Beach, Long Island, summer of 1934.

Summer at Keansburg beach

Summer at the Keansburg Beach in Monmouth County. 9th and 10th from left are Celia Abrahams and Rachel Abrahams. c. 1913.

Sophie and David Greenberg

Patersonians Sophie Kitay Greenberg and David Greenberg on the balcony of their Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida balcony in March, 1989.