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Alameda, California, is known as The Island City, in San Francisco Bay. Scandalous abbreviated bathing costumes (skirtless) were in the news back then. This lady was arrested for wearing one:

sexy outfits............

This was at The Cottage Baths at Neptune Beach, Alameda CA. It was established in 1917 so that makes this photo a touch latter then notated above. "Neptune Beach was an amusement park on the shore of San Francisco Bay in the city of Alameda, California. The park was served by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company and ferries from San Francisco. It operated from 1917 until it closed in 1939. Opened in 1917, Neptune Beach occupied a beach front zone now known as Crab Cove and was originally owned by the Strehlow family. Admission to the park was a dime. The park was described as a place for private picnics, with a clubhouse for dancing, and barbecue pits. The Cottage Baths were vacation cottages, available for rent. There were dances on Friday and Saturday night." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_Beach_(California)

The bather wearing the ALAMEDA swimsuit is my Grandmother, Nell Schmidt, the first woman to swim across the bay from Alameda to San Francisco. She is now honored in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Thanks for identifying your grandmother in the photo! We'll add this information to the catalog record.

This is a lovely shot:]

I wonder why the amphicar never took off? ;-)

Great shot, cool idea cool car. I is good for a fishin journey???

Fantastic!!!

Fabulous! The bodywork looks reasonably Heraldish too. Though I don't think the Herald had little fins on the rear wings like that. And obviously it had a radiator grille.

I Know EVERYTHING about this Photograph. I know the loction, I know what day (and the time of Day) it was taken on. I Know the names of all the people. I even Know the Dogs name...... But I am not telling yet. YOU ALL have some time defore I disclose all.

In 1901 the then Lord Mayor of Cork, Edward Fitzgerald, proposed that Cork should stage an international industrial exhibition in 1902. The proposal was enthusiastically received by all sections of Cork society and planning for the exhibition soon began. The site chosen was an area of parkland between the Cork County Cricket Grounds and Wellington Bridge, now renamed Thomas Davis Bridge. The plans for the exhibition were extraordinarily imaginative and ambitious. It promised to be by far the most spectacular exhibition ever hosted in Cork

It opened on 1 May 1902 amid scenes of celebration and enthusiasm. Its success surpassed all expectations, attracting visitors from all over Ireland, Europe and beyond. After it officially closed on 1 November 1902, it was decided to stage a similar exhibition in 1903. The 1903 exhibition repeated the success of its predecessor and was graced by a visit from Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

The Cork International Exhibition of 1902 – 1903 finally closed on 31 October 1903

Exhibitions included a Canadian pavilion, art gallery, machinery hall and industrial hall. Entertainments included a water chute, a skating rink, switchback railway, temperance resaturant , a creamery, shooting gallery and an aquarium.