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60 photos that capture summer in the ’60s


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60 photos that capture summer in the ’60s



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US troops in Vietnam



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‘I Have a Dream’ speech



Library of Congress // Wikimedia Commons

March on Washington



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Bob Dylan and Joan Baez



William Lovelace // Getty Images

Rolling Stones



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Sammy Davis Jr.



Warner Bros/Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images

Woodstock Festival



Three Lions // Getty Images

Beetle nap



Washington Bureau // Getty Images

Voting Rights Act



Harry Benson // Getty Images

Young love



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Water carriers



Potter/Express // Getty Images

Summer camp



Orlando // Getty Images

Hot dogs and baseball



Susan Schiff Faludi // Getty Images

Sportsmobile



Keystone // Getty Images

Beach ensemble



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Do ‘The Twist’



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Surf city



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Summer stunts



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Beach Party



Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images

Bikini run



Peter Keegan/Keystone // Getty Images

Hippies in the park



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Summer in the city



Tom Kelley Archive // Getty Images

Life in color



Harry Benson // Getty Images

Coney Island



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Space walk



NASA

Apollo 11 crew



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First man on the moon



Hulton Archive // Getty Images

Women’s Liberation Movement



Bob Aylott // Keystone//Getty Images

Equal pay conference



H. Armstrong Roberts // Getty Images

Beauty pageant



Central Press // Getty Images

Muhammad Ali



Douglas Miller//Keystone // Getty Images

Billie Jean King



Stan Meagher // Getty Images

Twiggy



Ted West // Getty Images

Hugh Hefner and his bunnies



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The Kennedys during summer



Evening Standard // Getty Images

Summer fashion



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Children’s fashion



Tom Kelley Archive // Getty Images

Men’s swimwear



Photoshot // Getty Images

Gambling in the pool



Hulton Deutsch // Getty Images

Marilyn Monroe’s death



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Black students register



Underwood Archives // Getty Images

George Wallace stands in the way



National Archive // Getty Images

Civil Rights Act



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Woolworth desegregated



Ted Streshinsky Photographic Archive // Getty Images

Summer of Love



Hulton Deutsch // Getty Images

Jimi Hendrix



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George Harrison



John Downing // Getty Images

The Beatles release ‘Sgt. Pepper’



Hulton Archive // Getty Images

Democratic National Convention



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Harlem riots



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Demonstrators in Harlem



Harry Benson//Express // Getty Images

Watts riots



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Segregation in public pools



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Beach jeers



Denver Post // Getty Images

Lemonade stands



Public Domain // Wikimedia Commons

Shortened hemlines



H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock // Getty Images

Jell-O



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Summer heat wave



Roy Kemp // Getty Images

Nun fun



Hilaria McCarthy // Getty Images

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