"The image of the earthly Paradise" the beach US history in color
Categories: History | North America
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/the-image-of-the-earthly-paradise-the-beach-us-history-in-color.htmlThe set of associations of the "American dream" certainly includes the endless beaches of California and Florida where it's always warm, Sunny and fun. Now beautiful beach views hardly a surprise, but how cool it looked on the excellent color photographs of many decades ago! Thanks to the archive of National Geographic magazine, taken most of the photos below.


1. Daytona beach, Florida, 1957.

2. Girl on Waikiki beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, photographer Richard Hewitt Stewart, November 1938.

3. Free fitness classes (calisthenics) on the beach in long island, new York, photographer Willard CULVER, 1939.

4. Somewhere in the American beach, 1945

5. Venice beach, Los Angeles, 1947

6. Hawaii in 1950.

7. Jones Beach State Park, new York, 1953

8. Cypress gardens, Florida, 1957

9. Ibid.

10. Waikiki beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1959

11. Once in America, circa 1958.
Keywords: USA | North America | History | Beach | National Geographic
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