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Check out these cool vintage photos of summer in NYC

Get nostalgic for old New York with these timeless photos of the city in the summertime

Written by Evelyn Derico
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The sunny (and sticky) days of summer are here again! Taking a dip on the beach at Coney Island or strolling down the boardwalk are just a few favorite ways to make the most of summer in NYC. Turns out we relax in NYC in much the same we did back in the day: by taking it easy by one of the city's pools or best beaches—it's just that we tend not to hit the sand fully clothed and wearing a hat like they did a hundred years ago. Check out these beautiful photos, running from the turn of the century right up to the groovy ’70s.

Photograph: Courtesy Luna Park NYC
1910, Bathers at Coney Island 

Photograph: Courtesy Library of Congress
1910, Coney Island 
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Photograph: Courtesy Library of Congress
June 13, 1911, Coney Island in Luna Park

Photograph: Courtesy Library of Congress
July 4, 1911, Fourth of July parade 
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Photograph: Courtesy Library of Congress/Bain News Service
Circa 1915, Battery Park on hot day

Photograph: Courtesy Library of Congress
1915, Asleep in Battery Park on hot day
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Photograph: Courtesy Creative Commons/Flickr/Jackies_Pics
Circa 1920, Coney Island

Photograph: Courtesy Library of Congress/Dorothea Lange
June 1936, Manhattan 
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Photograph: Courtesy Library of Congress/Fred Palumbo
August 3, 1948, Children with tricycles in Washington Square

Photograph: Courtesy Creative Commons/Flickr/Castleandkeep
Circa 1960, Brighton Beach Boardwalk
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Photograph: Aaron Rose/Courtesy Museum of the City of New York
Circa 1961-1963, sunbathers and swimmers on Coney Island

Photograph: Courtesy U.S. National Archives/Danny Lyon
1970, Boy Against a Yellow Platform at the Kosciusko Swimming Pool in Bed-Stuy
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Photograph: Courtesy U.S. National Archives/Arthur Tress
May 1973, Lifeguard Takes a Sunbath at Great Kills Park on Staten Island

Photograph: Courtesy U.S. National Archives/Danny Lyon
1974, Children at the Beach in Riis Park, Brooklyn
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Photograph: Courtesy U.S. National Archives/Danny Lyon
July 1974, The Kosciusko Public Swimming Pool
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