Rachel Hanson, 27 from Chicago, Illinois at the Bellagio Fountain Club at the Bellagio hotel and casino during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 18, 2023. (Photo by Bridget Bennett/The Washington Post)

With temperatures soaring and summer well underway, countless Americans will be spending their Independence Day weekend at the beach. Here we revisit some classic images from the turn-of-the-century to the 1930's of vacations by the sea, from Coney Island to Santa Monica.

David Cassidy (1950-2017) and Kay Lenz at their wedding at The Little Church Of The West in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1977. (Photos by Brad Elterman/FilmMagic)

English singer and songwriter Dua Lipa “woke up in Vegas” early April 2022 in red thigh-high tights. (Photo by dualipa/Instagram)

Young Palestinians form an obstacle to be jumped over during a military-style exercise graduation ceremony organised by the Hamas movement, in Gaza City August 5, 2015. Thousands of young Palestinians joined Hamas military-style summer camps during school vacation in the Gaza Strip to prepare them to “confront any possible Israeli attack”, organisers said. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

The Mercedes-Benz F015 Luxury in Motion autonomous concept car is shown on stage during the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2015. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Reuters)

Jiff with Playboy Playmates arrives at the Playboy Super Bowl XLIX Party on Friday, January 30, 2015 in Scottsdale, Ariz. (Photo by Omar Vega/Invision/AP Photo)

Actor Chantel Jeffries attends the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Reuters)