35 vintage photos that show what a day of beach looked like

Beach days are the best days - No matter your decade.


The beach has always been a popular summer meeting place, which is today or a century. While the salt breeze and the peaceful waves have the same pace, theBeach She himself seems very different now than at that time. In recent decades, there was no iPhone, wireless Bluetooth speakers and Teeny Bikinis, Weeny. Instead, friends have flocked sand in smaller bathing costumes - and sometimes full outfits with heels! - Defeat the afternoon in tanning, bouncing beach balloons or fishing for fresh capture. So, browse these vintage beach photos and get an overview of the easier times by the sea. And for more retro flashbacks, check the50 vintage photos that show what to travel to look like.

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Beach ballars

Two 1950s female teens reach for beach ball in male teens hands on beach, cool grandparents
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Two pretty girls in matching bikinis and a dream boat in the middle is a simple equation for having fun in the sun in the 1950s.

2
Happy couple

an african american couple walks hand in hand on the beach in the 1970s
Alamy

In the 1970s, he was still romantic to take your darling for a long walk on the beach.

3
Bash

a group of friends dance in the sand
CLASSICSTOCK / ALAMY

These two guitars had the whole Groovin group of this teen beach festival in the 1970s. And for more picturesque snapshots, check the33 vintage photos that show that our parents were really really cool.

4
Sisters splashes

Vacation in the 1950s at the Beach
Alamy

You may not want to wet yourself when you go to the beach, but even in the 1950s, the majority has ruled.

5
Dapper Beach Crew

a group of beachgoers in the 1930s
Public domain

Doubled dresses, Panama hats and complete costumes! Go to the beach in the 1930s was an opportunity to see and see.

6
Family Family in the Sun

a mom, dad, and son play on a raft in the waves
CLASSICSTOCK / ALAMY

A Sunday Funday maybe? With a sweet raft like that, spending all day in the waves is the only acceptable option.

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Woman wonder of water skiing

a woman water skis in the 1950s
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Friesland researchers in the 50s - like this Daredevil darling in Miami - only needed a pair of water ski and a boat to make them happy.

8
Squad goals

a group of women read books on the beach
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

These beach book worms wanted to hear one thing: the sound of the waves that crush.

9
Drive with a view

two young women sit on swings overlooking coney island
Everett History / Alamy Collection

Two women take the view from the parachute jump course at Coney Island in 1950. At that time, Coney Island was the largest amusement park in the country, pulling millions of annual visitors from his walk and his Beach. And for more images of the golden age of trips, consult the15 beautiful vintage photos of famous American tourist sites.

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Family Fishing Excursion

a woman and a young child catch a fish on the beach
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A day at the beach in the 1920s meant a fresh capture for dinner - if you are lucky like this duo!

11
Beachbum

a woman reads a book on the beach
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

Magazine? To verify! Radio? To verify! This honey my heart is ready for a full day of tan.

12
A dancing parties

Teenage Couples on the Beach, 60s
Alamy

For teenagers in the 1960s, good songs and spaces to dance in the sand made an explosion of the beach.

13
Beauties in bathing costumes

French women pose in the latest fashionable bathing suits outside their beach cabanas at Dieppe. Ca. 1925.
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

A cotho of French women compare swimsuit styles outside their huts in the coastal city of Dieppe in 1925. And for more magnificent images of the world, check the27 totally foolish travel photos that you will not believe are real.

14
Backgammon beach

a woman plays backgammon on the beach
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

You know that you are a serious researcher in the sun when you can a backgammon table of normal size throughout the beach!

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Colorful beach bathers

a group of women sit at the beach in the 1930s
National Collection of Geographical Image / Alamy

These 1930s Fashionistas formed the ultimate girl team on a beach in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Beach gymnasts

kids do gymnastics at the beach
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This group of children spent an afternoon in the 1960s hanging around the beach of Laguna, California ... literally!

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Tunes on the sand

a woman and her dog listen to a portable gramophone
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

Looking for a jazz way to the day at the beach? Bring a portable gramophone like this woman in the 1930s.

18
Beach picnic

a family of four have a picnic on the beach in the 1970s
CLASSICSTOCK / ALAMY

A towel, sandy toys and a cooler full of snacks make for a picnic of Groovy's family.

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Sunny Stage Show

a group of performers host a stage show at the beach in the 1920s
M & N / ALAMY

The sun, the sand and the surf were not the only seaside attractions of a century ago a century ago. This 1928 stage show is a classic example of beach entertainment in the past.

20
Goujardeur

a man surfs in the 1920s
Vintage Images / Alamy

Catch waves has always been the number one last of surfer guys. Here, a man blocks ten in the 1920s.

21
Private cabin

vintage photo of a group of people sitting in beach cabanas
The Protected Art Archive / ALAMY

No sandy towel to shake these people! Beach cabins were the way forward in 1910.

22
Spectacular sand sculpture

a man and a child build a sand sculpture
Henry Horenstein / Congress Library

Part Whale, Shark leaves, all fun! This little girl looks at a sand creation takes a form in 1979.

23
Happy sun researchers

a crowd of people play in the water at the beach
Glass Images / Alamie

Go in, the water is fine! This group stays cool in 1905 by socializing at low tide.

24
Incredible beach trolley

a sky tram crosses the coast of california in the 1960s
Glass Images / Alamie

How romantic is a tram of sky? This one crosses the beach of the ocean in San Francisco while the sun begins its descent, around 1964. And for superb coastal getaways, check the17 Best Secret Beach Cities in America.

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Ocean water slide

a vintage water slide at a beach
Theodore Horydczak / Congress Library

You can slide directly into the surf on this impressive water slide, around 1910.

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Brighton Beachgoers

a group of sunbathers at brighton beach in 1915
George Grantham Bath Collection / Congress Library

These officially dressed sunbathing practice the view of New York Brighton beach of their wooden chairs covered with Store in 1915.

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Fashionable babes

1940s women on beach in bikinis
Lisagsf / Flickr

Who would not he want to wear one of those Bikinis years of Halter-Top Halter-Top 1940s? Fortunately, the high waist look is again fashionable if you want to try it for yourself.

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Capture set

a group of friends play catch at the beach
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There was no shortage of stupid games to play in the 50s. Case of business: this game of catches upside down.

29
Beach volleyball

a group of friends play beach volleyball
KEN MACKAY / ALAMY

Bump, set, spike! A hard game of Beach Volleyball in San Juan, Puerto Rico, probably sent this painful home group.

30
Lather

a woman puts sunscreen on her female friend at the beach
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

Friends do not leave friends sunbuck! The bottle can be small, but swimsuits offered more coverage at the time.

31
Bold Beach Goers

a man and women walk into the waves in the 1960s
CLASSICSTOCK / ALAMY

It is impossible not to smile with this colorful couple in Florida, around 1960.

32
Seaside viewing area

people sit in a pavilion watching the beach in the 1920s
Congress Library

A shaded beach observation area and open to open air - like this in 1923 - meant having a place to cool off, even if you were not a sand fan at your shoes.

33
Trio of sun loungers

two women and a man lay in the sand at the beach
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

These sunbaths are comfortable in their own sand pit on the German island of Norderney in the 1930s.

34
Wave race

a group of young boys run into the water
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

There is no doubt that these boys followed their breed to water with tons of splashing and coupled.

35
Sand Castle Competition

a man builds a sandcastle by a pier
Patrick Ward / Alamy

There is a formula to create a robust sand castle and talent was clearly exposed to this competition on Manhattan Beach, California, 1981. And if you are curious, what shops seemed to look like, check the15 vintage shopping center photos that will make you nostalgic.


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