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Colorized postcard showing people enjoying the beach.

Postcard of Fairfield Beach Pavillion and arbor

Color postcard of people on the beach, with striped sun umbrellas.

Colorized postcard of Fairfield Beach, c. 1932

Early 20th-century postcard, titled "Penfield Reef Light, Fairfield, Conn." showing people on balcony of lighthouse and rowboats in the water.

Black and white postcard titled "Campers, Fairfield Beach. Fairfield, Conn." Shows large tent-like structures used to provide temporary shelter at the beach. An American flag and a pavilion are also pictured. Although Fairfield's beach became a mecca…

St. Mary's by the Sea in Black Rock was built in 1893 by New York stockbroker Thomas Pearsall in honor of his wife, and the log-walled chapel was used for about nine years. Pearsall's house was on the bluff just uphill from the chapel. The chapel was…

The Fairfield Beach Club: three women and a man in front of a sailbout. Annie B. Jennings is on the left.

Mrs. Tomlinson at the beach

Annie B. Jennings (in bandana) swimming at beach.