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LIFE at 75: End of summer: like fallen leaves, Sunday bathers bestrew the sands of Manhattan Beach.


LIFE at 75: End of summer: like fallen leaves, Sunday bathers bestrew the sands of Manhattan Beach. https://goo.gl/wyhRJo

"Last week summer had waned. And from coast to coast, in the mountains, beside lakes and on the sandy beaches, Americans clung to August's last warm golden hours. Here you see a few of the hundreds of thousands who streamed from America's No. 1 city to bathe in the Atlantic Ocean. Manhattan Beach lies east of Coney Island on Sheepshead Bay, but within the boundaries of Greater New York. The sun-baked crowds shown here are waiting for an afternoon concert before the Rainbow Shell."
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  1. Ann KennedyAugust 25, 2016 at 11:55 AM

    Another reason to travel off season:-) I can smell the coconut oil from here!

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  2. Mike MartinAugust 25, 2016 at 12:48 PM

    I remember we were told to avoid crowds as a polio prevention measure.

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  3. Ann KennedyAugust 25, 2016 at 12:51 PM

    Mike Martin That's right! Our town was sprayed (with DDT I assume). Makes me wonder what we'll think of spraying for zika, 50 years from now.

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  4. Mike MartinAugust 25, 2016 at 4:38 PM

    Ann Kennedy - Fortunately, the Zika spraying so far - I think - has been targeted and not broadcast far and wide. I'd like to think that between Agent Orange and the fate of Times Beach that maybe we've learned to do better.

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