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
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Rolling Stones
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Sammy Davis Jr.
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Woodstock Festival
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Beetle nap
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Voting Rights Act
Harry Benson // Getty Images
Young love
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Water carriers
Potter/Express // Getty Images
Summer camp
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Hot dogs and baseball
Susan Schiff Faludi // Getty Images
Sportsmobile
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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
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Life in color
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Coney Island
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Space walk
NASA
Apollo 11 crew
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First man on the moon
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Women’s Liberation Movement
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Equal pay conference
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Beauty pageant
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Muhammad Ali
Douglas Miller//Keystone // Getty Images
Billie Jean King
Stan Meagher // Getty Images
Twiggy
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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
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Gambling in the pool
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Marilyn Monroe’s death
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Black students register
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George Wallace stands in the way
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Civil Rights Act
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Woolworth desegregated
Ted Streshinsky Photographic Archive // Getty Images
Summer of Love
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Jimi Hendrix
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George Harrison
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The Beatles release ‘Sgt. Pepper’
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Democratic National Convention
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Harlem riots
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Demonstrators in Harlem
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Watts riots
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Segregation in public pools
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Beach jeers
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Lemonade stands
Public Domain // Wikimedia Commons
Shortened hemlines
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Jell-O
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Summer heat wave
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Nun fun
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