Neil Tuckett and Jamie Davidson, begin their attempt to drive a 1911 Model T Ford to the top of Ben Nevis on May 16,2011 in Fort William, Scotland. The challenge has been organised in memory of a pioneering Edinburgh car dealer Henry Alexander, who drove to the top of Ben Nevis to prove the ruggedness of the Model T. The original accent took five days with the route leading over boulders and through snow drifts. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, presents the Playstation Vita at the Sony Playstation media briefing on the eve of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on June 6, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. More than 45,000 people are expected to attend the annual three-day convention to see the latest games and announcements from the gaming industry. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

“The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 May 1926 to 13 May 1926. It was called by the general council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for coal miners”. – Wikipedia

Photo: Oxford University Student Volunteers during the General Strike in an aggressive pose. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

A visitor to The Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival admires a 1914 Morgan Three Wheeler in front of a Hawker P1127 prototype jet aircraft on June 18, 2011 in Weybridge, England. Two hundred vintage cars are competing in various races, tests and speed trials over the two day event held at the Brooklands Museum. Brooklands was the world's first purpose-built, permanent motorsport venue that opened in 1907. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Fyn Baily aged eight at the Bloodstock festival on August 13, 2011 in Walton-on-Trent, United Kingdom. Bloodstock is the UK's largest heavy metal festival and features both established and unsigned bands over four days. (Photo by Bethany Clarke/Getty Images)

The Belgian rider Wout van Aert crashes during an ascent on the 11th stage of the Tour de France in Col de Néronne, France on July 10, 2024. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP Photo)

98-year-old beggar, the grandfather of the Bulgarian village of Dobri Bail, wearing homespun clothes and old leather shoes he wears in winter and summer, often standing at the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. Every day he gets up early and runs 10 kilometers from their village Bail to the Bulgarian capital.

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.