GALLERY: Fun at the Beach 

The bathing beach as seen with the Jocelyn Hotel, Winslow Homer's bath houses, and the Southgate
1900ca Bathing Beach & Cottages, Jocelyn Hotel, Homer Bathhouses, Southgate Hotel

Note life guard and skiff. James M Farr built BOB so he could go swimming every morning (Anne Farr-Bartol). A few other homes on the lanes. Great photo to zoom.
1910 Front Beach, Life Guard, "Back O Beyond" - the first house on beach