China's Yanni Wu looks on as she stands with officials following a false start during the women's 100m hurdles final at Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China on October 1, 2023. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

Japan's Mei Tsuruta competes in the rhythmic gymnastics individual qualification and individual team final event during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on October 6, 2023. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)

Dogs and humans dressed in all manner of costume participate in the 32nd Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade inside Tompkins Square Park on October 22, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Schwartz/Splash News and Pictures)

Lily Winter (top) and Lana Austin (back) match up during the “Atomic 6 – Atomic Fighter” wrestling show at the Azvex Brewery in Liverpool, Britain, 21 February 2024. Atomic Pro Wrestling was started in 2023 by wrestling enthusiasts and former training mates Matt Davies, Declan McCarthy (stage name Declan Sands) and Chris Welsh as a way to showcase emerging male and female wrestling talent from England’s North and North West regions, which they felt were being overlooked and under-represented. In contrast to the highly polished world of televised WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), Atomic takes a DIY approach, holding shows at a local brewery large enough to make way for the ring, and where customers can enjoy craft beer as they watch the wrestling matches from up close. (Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA/EFE)

Vendors selling bread wait for customers at a roadside hotel in Quetta on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Banaras Khan/AFP Photo)

Chinese relative of a missing passenger on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 reacts as she weeps outside the main gate of the Lama Temple on March 8, 2015 in Beijing, China. Foreign and local media were prevented by Chinese police from covering the relatives visit to the temple where they tried to pray .There were 239 people on board the flight when it disappeared March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. After one year and an exhaustive search, investigators still have no clue as to the whereabouts of the missing airliner. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

A mother bear takes a dip in the water to cool off in the warm summer sun but refuses to leave her three youngsters behind – so they climb aboard her back. (Photo by Jon Langeland/Solent News & Photo Agency)

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.