Rare Photos-A Day at the Beach....1955

Thats the year I was born. Great pics thanks!!

 

Boy! Tell me life wasn't a bit simpler back then! Great shots! Thanks...

 

Now thats America....

beautiful quality pics....

Each one has so much going on they all tell bitchen stories.

Tire fires on the beach...kegs in your van...just like the fifties, just like last nite.

no tires were actually burnt last nite....easy hippies

 

JJ you have the most amazing pix on the HAMB man.....AWESOME, just the best, thanx for sharin !

A little O/T but one thing I always note when looking at people in vintage pix from the 30s - 50s is that very very FEW are overweight/obese.

Hmmm.......

Rat

 

The first van mural?

 

These pictures are great.

 

Great pictures, thanks for sharing.

 

Great pictures, man....Thanks for posting.

 

A van with a mural, nobody working, scruffy dudes,-are these proto-hippies? Fun pics of simple fun.

 

Way cool. I remember a friend of my Dad's building a board like that in about '52!

Thanks!

 

Better times! Now, most beaches are closed to vehicles. No camping, no fires.

 

Great pictures thanks for posting.

 

great pictures. Have you ever noticed the lack of obese or overwieght people in photos prior to 1970. Just my observation.

 

Great pics of early surf culture americana.

I'm guessing by the photos (USMC sign, sand bluffs) that this is San Onofre Beach area of present day camp Pendelton???

Panel mural, kegs, big jugs of wine and a hang at the beach/don't worry about other things attitude are spot on for the "surf bum" mentality.

 

Man ,I love those pictures ,Thanks for sharing,

I think they are more on topic then 50% of the stuff that. passes on here lately.

Do you have any BACK storys on any of the shots ?

 

Cooler thana cucumber!! Thanx for sharing a glimpse into a historic coolness!! Just pure wonderful. ~Sololobo~

 

Thanks! great pic's as always

 

Nice pics. Thanxalot!

 

Wait, you mean to tell me that guys in the 50's didnt really all have pompadours, long sideburns, full tattoo sleeves, and cuffed jeans? And the ladies didnt all have betty page bangs, tattoo's, and carry parasol umbrellas?

These pictures must be fake.....











Haha, awesome photo collection, these are a real treasure.

 

badass pics man! thanks for posting..

 

So cool. thanks for posting. Gary

 

Really great pics, thanks for sharing !

 

Great pictures, I'm gonna use a word I don't think I ever used before,---"yearn".

 

Times have really changed.Those photos would be politically incorrect now.

 

Cool!

You know you can put more than one picture in each post.

 

here's a few from wasaga beach ontario cda.
same deal...no cars on the beach since the '70s.

 

couple more, nearby streets....

 

That's my wife with the jug. She still drinks wine that way.

 

That's exactly how things were for my folks! Except, instead of California, they lived in New Mexico. And instead of being at the beach they went to farmer's fields. And instead of surfing they were picking vegetables, but other than that, it's exactly the same! Thanks for sharing!