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"Surf Bathing", Harpers Monthly Magazine, August 1873, Engraving
"Surf Bathing", Harpers Monthly Magazine, August 1873, Engraving

"Surf Bathing", Harpers Monthly Magazine, August 1873, Engraving

ClassificationsArt
Credit LineCharles Nordhoff
Object numberART.90
DescriptionThis article from an 1873 magazine issue was authored by Charles Nordhoff, a noted traveler/author at the time. The text is the discussion of surfing that the author witnessed during a visit to Hawaii. The engraving by an unknown artist with the initials "E.A.A." was based on a sketch by Lt. Cmdr. William Bainbridge Hoff, of the flag ship California.
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