Ephemeral Folk Art Sculpture of Sand and the Baby Parade of Ocean City New Jersey Original 1932 Snapshots Collection Jim Linderman

Ephemeral Folk Art Sculpture of Sand and the Baby Parade of Atlantic City New Jersey.  Two snapshots dated on the reverse 1932 taken during the annual Baby Parade.  The sculptures are made of sand.  Sand sculpture has a long tradition on the Jersey Shore, but these certainly transcend the genre.  Not seen, off to the side, would have been the artist (or artists) and their tip bucket. 

The Baby Parade was a Ocean City tradition which started in 1901.  It was just that...babies in stollers.  By the 1950s the event had grown to participants and viewers in the thousands. 

Note sign on second photo?  The Baby Parade is advertised, but the sand sculptures here could have been done in Atlantic City, but  the current Ocean City website shows a sand sculpture on their home page.  Ocean City and Atlantic city share the ocean and are only a miles from each other.

Anonymous snapshots 1932 Collection Jim Linderman