Ernie Pyle Beach

DateAugust 10, 1956

Mediumgelatin silver print on cardstock

Dimensions3 7/16 × 5 5/16 in. (8.8 × 13.5 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker

Object numberPA2021.065.006

DescriptionErnie Pyle Beach in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Four boys in swim suits climb a slide, as a girl slides down it into the water. Others stand or sit on the beach; many people are in the water. Trees line an embankment on the left. The water, the shore, and the trees stretch on into the background. The photo is damaged with a tear from the right edge, and discoloring from tape used to repair it.

Handwriting on the back reads, "Friday Aug. 10, 1956. Found this beaten-up card in a 5 and 10. Only one if its kind... Took Hilda and Mary to the Pyle library in his old home. Hilda liked the homes on Girard Blvd... Got a Greek lady to write a letter to the [Puffilases]... Beginning to get ready for departure. Sort of sad to leave, Hilda sadder. F."

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