Earlier this year, I wrote an entry about The Mermaid, one of my favorite mermaid paintings by the late famous illustrator Howard Pyle.
Just recently, I was contacted by a fellow mermaid devotee, an employee at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware, who also collaborates with Howard Pyle's great granddaughter. (On a side note, the Winterthur Museum is hosting an exhibit of original costumes from Downton Abbey through January 4, 2015.)
As a result of this serendipitous cyber-world connection, The Daily Mermaid has been given permission to share never-before-seen photos taken by Howard Pyle of his family at Rehoboth Beach in Delaware in 1910.
I hope you'll enjoy these photos of an Edwardian day by the sea. In terms of dress things have changed quite a bit, but I think we can all understand the joy of a day at the beach.
(Click on the photos to see them at a larger size.)
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| Howard Pyle, Rehoboth Beach, 1910 |
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| Howard Pyle, Rehoboth Beach, 1910 |
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| Howard Pyle, Rehoboth Beach, 1910 |
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| Howard Pyle, Rehoboth Beach, 1910 |
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| Howard Pyle, Rehoboth Beach, 1910 |
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| Howard Pyle, Rehoboth Beach, 1910 |
