Get ready to break out your new swimsuit and fire up the barbecue! This week marks the official start of summer with the summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year. Even if you can’t appreciate scorching heat and sweaty seats, these classic shots of summer are sure to put a smile on your face:
A group of women run and enjoy a day at the beach. AFP/Getty
Queenie the Elephant water skiing with keeper Liz Dane in 1958.
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Walt Disney sits and plays with his grandson in a child's inflatable pool.Gene Lester/Getty
Beachgoers jump rope.National Media Museum
Two boys eat ice creams bought from an Austin ice cream van in July 1961.Bert Hardy Advertising Archive/Getty
Senator John F. Kennedy and fiancée Jacqueline Bouvier go sailing while on vacation at the Kennedy compound in June 1953 in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.Hy Peskin Archive/Getty
Neighborhood children launch a lemonade stand. Bettmann/Getty
Revelers at Paragon Park, a small amusement park across the street from Nantasket Beach Hull, Massachusetts. Super Stock/Getty
In 1972, Princess Grace of Monaco takes a photograph at a swimming competition in Palm Beach.Hulton Archive/Getty
A family drives an amphibious car on the lake.Gerald R. Massie/Missouri State Archives
Coney Island's Luna Park in 1910. George Grantham Bain Collection/Library Of Congress
A family enjoys pool time in the backyard.H. Armstrong Roberts/Getty
A young man helps a barefoot girl step on exposed rocks to cross a small river.Gerald R. Massie/Missouri State Archives
A family has a arbecue on a sunny day. Josef Scaylea/ CORBIS/ Getty Images
Two women paddle their way across the lake on water bikes. Gerald R. Massie/Missouri State Archives
A group of teenagers pile on top of each other on a crowed day at Coney Island, New York. Bettmann/Getty
A group of friends enjoy their time at a summer house.Missouri State Archives
Women water ski on Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Missouri State Archives
An enterprising young boy sets up a stall selling cake, candy and lemonade to his neighbours, 1955. Lambert/Getty
A group of young men and boys swims in Eel River, Garberville, California. H. Armstrong RobertsRetrofile/Getty Images
Parkers enjoy a picnic.George Grantham Bain Collection/Library Of Congress
A man catches fish in a shallow river.Ralph Waler/ Missouri State Archives
