The Photos Of Charles W. Cushman: Life's A Beach
By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Aug 11, 2010 5:00PM
About once a year, photos from the gargantuan collection, painstakingly arranged and maintained by Indiana University, left behind by amateur photographer and Indiana University grad Charles W. Cushman crop up on one website or another. The photos, spanning 1938 to 1969 (he passed away in 1972), are a treasure trove spanning the entire country (and others) but have a particularly nice collection of photos from that period taken here in Chicago. Our pals at Gapers Block had a fantastic series where they recreated some of Cushman's shots. And Vocalo's Lee Bey took a look at the architectural aspects of Cushman's collections earlier this spring. There's also his NYC shots which have been featured on the Mothership Gothamist. So, now that we're in the dog days of summer, we thought we'd visit the archives and take a few spins through some of his photos over the next few days.
We're focusing on a summer theme - beaches and the city taken during the summer months - and have filled in as much as the given info as possible. So we continue with, where else, the beach.
Previously: Cityscapes