Patrick Scolaro and Cory Sullivan of Boca Raton playfully duke it out wearing masks that were handed out to attendees of the Rock the Vote concert at Mizner Park after the debate. (Photo by Allen Eyestone/The Palm Beach Post)

A Rajasthani folk dance artist performs while standing on two glasses during the “Dhora Ri Mahak” festival in Bhopal, India, 07 January 2015. The event is being organised by the “Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya” anthropology museum. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)

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.

Levi Dinmore, 8, gets a COVID-19 test at a Sameday Health drive-through testing site in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., December 22, 2021. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

Italy's Charlene Guignard (L) and Marco Fabbri react to their score after the ice dance rhythm dance competition during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023 in Saitama, on March 24, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)

English-Albanian singer and songwriter Dua Lipa arrives at the premiere of “Barbie” on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/AP Photo)

Spain supporters celebrate as Spain's Nico Williams scores the opening goal in Madrid, Spain, July 14, 2024 during the screening of the final match between Spain and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Berlin Germany. (Photo by Andrea Comas/AP Photo)

San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. (23) dodges a pitch during the seventh inning against the Chicago Cubs at Petco Park in San Diego, California on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Reuters)