Between the Covers

Unbound. An archive of 39 color photographs following a group of friends from Massachusetts on surfing trips in the late 1960s compiled by a female member of the group. There are only a few captions but numerous photos have Kodak stamps on the verso with the year. Roughly half of the images show action shots of people surfing while the rest show the group relaxing on beaches, sunbathing, boating, and having parties. Another key feature of the archive are photographs of their Chevy station wagon which appears to be an early 1950s model strapped with surf boards and parked on various beaches. A few of the members of the party have neck braces on probably caused by surfing accidents which doesn’t seem to have stopped them from spending time on the beach with their friends. One of the only captioned photos shows the compiler lounging on a beach with girlfriends in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

A nice collection of late 1960s surfing photos.

Item #441997