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A Glimpse of Summers Past: 17 Amazing Photos From the 1950s
By Ashley Haugen,
2024-06-24
As children everywhere are dropped at camp while their parents go to work, or some teens work their first summer job, it’s easy to forget that June, July and August are historically a time to enjoy a more slowed-down pace. The lazy days of summer are called that for a reason. For children of the 1950s, it was a time to get outside, enjoy some play time, explore nature, and just relish the opportunity to simply be a kid. Take a look at some curious kids enjoying their summer months in this collection of photos.
Some activities are timeless, like a day at the beach. All you need is a bucket and shovel to create endless hours of fun and lifelong memories like these children did circa 1950.
Before the fancy and fun inflatables of the 21st century, kids enjoyed floating on old tire inner tubes. Here, a young boy floats on the water in New York circa 1955.
And finally, an image that perhaps best illustrates the notion of a lazy summer, this 6-year-old boy enjoys a summer snooze in a giant tree in Upstate New York in 1952.
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