“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

Categories: History | North America

The set of associations of the “American dream” certainly includes the endless beaches of California and Florida, where it is always warm, sunny and fun. Now few people are surprised by beautiful beach views, but how cool it looked on excellent color photographs many decades ago! Thanks to the archives of National Geographic magazine, where most of the photographs below are taken from.

(Total 11 photos)

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

1. Daytona Beach, Florida, 1957

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

2. Girls on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, photographer Richard Hewitt Stewart, November 1938.

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

3. Free fitness classes (calisthenics) on the beach in Long Island, New York, photographer Willard Culver, 1939.

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

4. Somewhere on an American beach, 1945

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

5. Vinis Beach in Los Angeles, 1947

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

6. Hawaii in 1950

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

7. Jones Beach State Park, New York, 1953

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

8. Cypress Gardens, Florida, 1957

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

9. Ibid.

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

10. Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1959

“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color

11. Once Upon a Time in America, circa 1958

Keywords: National Geographic | Beach | USA

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