What did our moms often wear at beaches in the 1950s? A submission photo collection from Flickr‘s members shows what their mothers wore at beaches nearly 70 years ago.
Mom with her sister Ann, back when she was nearly 18 (Ann was almost 16), September 1959
My mom and her mother, somewhere along the Jersey shore in the 1950s
Mom with my dad’s mother Vera in South Hampton, getting too much sun as was the custom in the 1950s. Mom was about 31 years old, and Vera was in her 50s
Mom, dad, and Paul, age 2, at the beach in Alexandria, Egypt, 1956
Mom, roasting hot dogs, Long Beach, NJ, August 1957
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