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.
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A young woman plays a game of beach golf in Chicago, Ill., in 1929. A crowd of men, women and children watch attentively from the sidelines. (Getty Images)
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Let’s go to the beach! (Library of Congress)
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A couple of women make use of the swings at the beach in Atlantic City, N.J. (Getty Images)
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A plane soars above the automobiles at Daytona Beach, Fla., 1911.
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Native Hawaiians pose for the camera on a beach in Honolulu. (Library of Congress)
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Beachgoers crowd the shore at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, Calif., c. 1930. (Getty Images)
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A band plays a tune for the crowd at Huntington Beach, Calif. (Library of Congress)
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Bathers and umbrellas cover the shore at Ocean City, N.J. The boardwalk in the background stretches for 2.5 miles along the beach. (Getty Images)
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Drivers take their passengers for a ride along the beach in the Seabreeze neighborhood of Daytona Beach, Fla., 1904.
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Men in day clothes stand side by side with swimmers and sunbathers on the beach at Coney Island. (Library of Congress)
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A young woman plays a game of beach golf in Chicago, Ill., in 1929. A crowd of men, women and children watch attentively from the sidelines. (Getty Images)
![A Summer Activity time Can't Touch By William Holt_Part2](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/e8/f4/0000f4e8_medium.jpeg)
Let’s go to the beach! (Library of Congress)
![A Summer Activity time Can't Touch By William Holt_Part2](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/e5/f4/0000f4e5_medium.jpeg)
A couple of women make use of the swings at the beach in Atlantic City, N.J. (Getty Images)
![A Summer Activity time Can't Touch By William Holt_Part2](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/e3/f4/0000f4e3_medium.jpeg)
A plane soars above the automobiles at Daytona Beach, Fla., 1911.
![A Summer Activity time Can't Touch By William Holt_Part2](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/e4/f4/0000f4e4_medium.jpeg)
Native Hawaiians pose for the camera on a beach in Honolulu. (Library of Congress)
![A Summer Activity time Can't Touch By William Holt_Part2](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/e9/f4/0000f4e9_medium.jpeg)
Beachgoers crowd the shore at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, Calif., c. 1930. (Getty Images)
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A band plays a tune for the crowd at Huntington Beach, Calif. (Library of Congress)
![A Summer Activity time Can't Touch By William Holt_Part2](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/eb/f4/0000f4eb_medium.jpeg)
Bathers and umbrellas cover the shore at Ocean City, N.J. The boardwalk in the background stretches for 2.5 miles along the beach. (Getty Images)
![A Summer Activity time Can't Touch By William Holt_Part2](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/e7/f4/0000f4e7_medium.jpeg)
Drivers take their passengers for a ride along the beach in the Seabreeze neighborhood of Daytona Beach, Fla., 1904.
![A Summer Activity time Can't Touch By William Holt_Part2](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/ec/f4/0000f4ec_medium.jpeg)
Men in day clothes stand side by side with swimmers and sunbathers on the beach at Coney Island. (Library of Congress)
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