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A father holds his toddler son up in chest-deep lake water as other bathers wade behind, circa 1960.
1960 · United States
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The father leans back in the water until only his face shows, still holding the boy above him.
1960 · United States
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The toddler rests his hands on his father's chin as children play at the shoreline behind them.
1960 · United States
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Father and son finish nose to nose in the water at a crowded lake beach, circa 1960.
1960 · United States
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A woman in a patterned purple swimsuit stands hands on hips, glancing away, on a crowded beach, circa 1960.
1960 · United States
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Seated bathers and a striped lawn chair surround the posing woman as she keeps her gaze to the side.
1960 · United States
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The woman begins to turn toward the camera, still holding her hands-on-hips pose.
1960 · United States
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Facing the lens, the woman holds her pose before red-doored changing cabanas, circa 1960.
1960 · United States
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A youngster holds a fishing pole over the lake as a companion leans into the frame, circa 1960.
1960 · United States
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The child in plaid trunks straightens up to watch the fishing line.
1960 · United States
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A long thin pole angles out over the still water from the shoreline.
1960 · United States
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Both youngsters stand quietly at the water's edge in the summer sun, circa 1960.
1960 · United States
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A swimmer grips the edge of the concrete mooring wall as two bathers stand on the bank above.
1963 · England, United Kingdom
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The swimmer reaches along the wall, getting ready to climb out of the river.
1963 · England, United Kingdom
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A man in swimming trunks bends down from the bank as the swimmer stretches up to meet his hand.
1963 · England, United Kingdom
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Hands clasped, the swimmer is hauled up out of the water onto the bank.
1963 · England, United Kingdom
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The camera pans to follow the crew as their oars sweep across the water, England, circa 1963.
1963 · England, United Kingdom
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Close on the first rider as the red flag streams behind her and the wake churns white.
1963 · England, United Kingdom
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A waterside café terrace with orange umbrellas, yellow chairs and roses, likely North Holland, Netherlands, circa 1963.
1963 · North Holland, Netherlands
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The pan turns from the terrace to the river and its tree-lined far bank.
1963 · North Holland, Netherlands
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White poles cross the frame as the view opens onto the blue river.
1963 · North Holland, Netherlands
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The pan ends on a distant arched bridge across the river, likely North Holland, circa 1963.
1963 · North Holland, Netherlands
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The Lunchroom Oud Marken café front with Coca-Cola panels, Marken, North Holland, circa 1963.
1963 · Marken, North Holland, Netherlands
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A Joy advertising poster hangs between curtained windows below the café's name board.
1963 · Marken, North Holland, Netherlands
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