A general view of Margate beach and esplanade at 15.30 hours on a summer afternoon. Hancock's bathing machines are at the water's edge, some of them advertising "Pears soap for the complexion". A crowd sitting in Perkins deck chairs is being entertained by a group accompanied by a pianist performing on a small stage. Marine Terrace is on the right and the clock tower, completed in 1889 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, is in the centre with Shaftesbury House Y.M.C.A. beyond it.