Martha's Vineyard -
The Whitney Family Vacation spot for over 100 years!

Oak Bluffs Inkwell Beach
once referred by the family
as the "pay beach" because of bathhouses
 
 

Whitney Family photos thru the years

We once referred to the Oak Bluffs beach as the "pay beach",
which explains the barbed wire in this 1956 photo above
and 1968 B&W photos below

There once were changing areas, showers, snack area and the pier pictured which required admission.

1968 Imagesof the Nobska and Public Pier  (both are gone) at the Oak Bluffs bea"pay beach"

The three color photos of the Whitneys at the "pay beach" at Oak Bluffs in 1956 are shown above.

A distant view of Oak Bluffs in the 1970s. The Sea View is apparent,
and a first glimpse at the Beach reconstruction (shown below)

1987 Inkwell Beach at Oak Bluffs

2008 photo of the beach show dark sand where the bath houses and pier once stood
(see 1968 photo above)

1959 Whitney Video of the "Pay Beach" in Oak Bluffs

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Marthas Vineyard Family photos thru the years:

Oak Bluffs

Oak Bluffs Bandstand and Ocean Park

The Jetties of Oak Bluffs

Illumination

The Pequot - Oak  Bluffs

Edgartown

Steamships

Gay Head / Up Island

Menemsha

Jaws

Beaches of Marthas Vineyard

Martha Vineyard "Then and Now"

Hurricane Bob - 1991 movie clip