RE I meant to say... Not Allowed to swim after Labor Day... But, look at the photos and see how busy that beach was in the 30's, people walked from th

[Philo_NY]

This is an old photo of the beach in 1914, and it was located to the extreme right side of the pavilion building you see in the other photo, you can see the tree line to the right. In that section even seated liberty coins had been dug as well as Gold coins. To get to this side of the beach, one had to cross a bridge and come in via Hunter Island and on through the twins Islands... Google... Orchard Beach.

[attachment 103505 15_5EBathing_Beach_and_Bath_HousesOrchard_Beach5EPelham_Bay_Parkthe_Bronxcirca_1914neg_AR802CreditNew_York_City_Parks_Photo_Archive.jpg]But here are a couple of photos of years gone by... These are circa 1938, amazing ah...

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

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[Anonymous]

Sure was a popular beach for years and years! Hopefully, it is now or will be again! If they can't swim, they will still lay on towels or blankets and play their games and lose things while the weather is warm enough......soooo Happy Hunting!

God Bless!
Betty

 

[steve in so la]

a good place to hunt out of a boat . Steve in so az

 

[Philo_NY]

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[Paul(NWO)]

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