35 Vintage Photos of What Summer Used to Look Like in America

A woman applies sunscreen in the 1950s.
A day at the beach, 1950.
A couple on a beach holding a picnic basket, 1950s
Women play baseball at a beach in Miami, Florida, 1935.
In the 1950s, a couple poses with a beach ball.
A mother and daughter play in the sea in the 1950s.
A mother and daughter in St. Petersburg, Florida, make a sandcastle together, 1968.
A group of people at an American beach in the 1950s.
People dine at a boardwalk café in the 1950s.
A couple sunbathes on a sailboat in the 1950s.
A group of friends goes for a canoe ride around the boating lake at Central Park in New York City, 1964
Kids in Harlem, New York City, cool off in front of a fire hydrant, 1966.
Kids in New York City splash around in a street flooded by fire hydrants, 1957.
A beach in Hawaii, 1955.
People sunbathe at a concert held near Lenox, Massachusetts. 1960
A group of friends at Woodstock, 1969.
Two women read in a park on a summer day. 1970
A group of men plays cards on a summer afternoon in Boston, Massachusetts, 1955.
A lifeguard at Coney Island’s Steeplechase Park, 1961.
At Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey, two young women take a break from their jobs, 1956.
A father and son enjoy ice cream in Shelter Island, New York, 1950.
A boy flips pancakes at a summer camp run by the Madison Square Boys Club in New York City, 1955.
A boy on an adventure holiday cooks in the woods, 1955.
A couple rides a tandem bicycle. 1955
Boys at a summer camp learn about archery, 1950
Boys at an American summer camp work together to make a camp fire, 1950.
Two boys write letters at an American summer camp, 1950.
Children at an American summer camp wash dishes at an “open air” sink station, 1950.
Campers washing their clothes, 1955.
Teenagers at a summer camp operated by Admiral Farragut Academy in New Jersey swab the deck of a boat. 1950
Two girls eat jam at Camp Epworth, a camp in Long Island, New York
A student sketches outside at the Ox-Bow Summer School of Painting in Saugatuck, Michigan. 1955
Boys pitch tents, 1955
Two men fish on a New Hampshire river bank. 1950
Children prepare to leave Camp Nyada, a summer camp operated by New York’s Diabetes Association. 1950

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