Original caption: Silver Gull Private Swimming Club at Breezy Point, near Jamaica Bay, undated. Photo by Arthur Tress. Not even the swimming pools were safe for swimming back then! Thankfully, things are looking much better for the Silver Gull Beach Club today: http://www.nysilvergull.com/gallery/

Original caption: Silver Gull Private Swimming Club at Breezy Point, near Jamaica Bay, undated. Photo by Arthur Tress.

Not even the swimming pools were safe for swimming back then! Thankfully, things are looking much better for the Silver Gull Beach Club today: http://www.nysilvergull.com/gallery/

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