Traveling In Time: Summer Vacation in Mid-Century America
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2023
- Welcome, wanderers, to a journey back in time to a golden era of American travel! In this captivating video, we're taking you on a mesmerizing tour of the 1950s and 1960s, a time when vacations were an adventure full of excitement, discovery, and boundless optimism.
Prepare to be transported to a bygone era as we flip through the pages of history through 38 mesmerizing vintage vacation photos. These precious snapshots capture the essence of an era when life was simpler, family road trips were the ultimate bonding experience, and iconic landmarks were just waiting to be explored.
Join us as we rediscover the charm of classic American getaways - from sun-soaked beach escapades to exhilarating cross-country excursions. Each photo is a time capsule, offering a glimpse into the past and a chance to relive the wonder of days gone by.
The 1950s and 1960s were defined by an unwavering spirit of adventure and a thirst for exploration, and these images are a testament to the joy of wandering off the beaten path. Through the lens of these vintage photographs, we'll witness laughter, spontaneity, and the pure joy of creating unforgettable memories.
Let's embark on this heartwarming journey together and celebrate the enduring spirit of American vacationers from the 1950s and 1960s. It's time to step back in time and rediscover the magic of exploration through these 38 enchanting vintage vacation photos. Enjoy the ride!
Thanks for watching!
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This is peak Americana! Unfortunately, it’s gone and never coming back 😢
It would be neat to experience it, for sure.
Wonderful memories of the best years in America.
The glory days of America.
That’s when America was at it’s greatest. All beautiful people. 🙂
said not one black person in the south ...ever .
I’ll bet Blacks don’t fell the same way
I loved those days. Would gladly go back if there was a way.
It makes me personally very sad that this beautiful time no longer exists. Greetings from Germany.
What amazes me how easy and simple life was back then, a smile was worth a 1,000 words, I miss those times. ❤️🌹👍
I'm fascinated with these images as much as the next person and wish I could step back in time for a visit, BUT bear in mind that a commercially-staged postcard photo to advertise a motel, restaurant, or tourist venue is not necessarily an accurate gauge of how it was to actually live in those times, any more than a "Leave it to Beaver" or "Father Knows Best" episode represented real life for most families. Life in those times was neither simple nor easy for many individuals and families, regardless of race, and I'm old enough to have witnessed some of it.
America at its peak.
Great times and Great people.
I worked a summer job at that restaurant at Jackson Lake Lodge back in 93 . How cool is that.
What a wonderful time in America.
If u were white !
@@eutimiochavez415 At that time, black children still knew who their father was. The black family was intact.
great time for sure .....................if you're white , don't think black folks were having it this good back in the 50's , especially down south .
@@user-qc3oe5di7x Black's were doing better in the 50s. They actually achieved on their own rather than play the victim and race cards!
My parents always made sure they took us on a 'groovy' trip every summer. I can remember everything was so laid back, relaxing...not like traveling today. Everyone is in such a rush. We would take our time just enjoying each other and the beautiful sights. Our three week trip to Calif. did get a little hectic when dad could not find the Golden Gate Bridge! Being from Kansas we were not used to the traffic even in 1963! LOL Good times...good memories!
Nice smiles, fit, healthy. Not a single fat person.
Most of these were postcards…, ie: staged photos.
Times sure have changed, i miss the good days past.
Looks great. No koolaid colored hair. No women covered in tattoos and body piercings. I also noticed the BMI was a lot less. Just saying. No one walking around with a cell phone glued to their hand. No tents, needles and excrement to avoid. Families doing things together. Wow, what a grand time it was. As a kid from that era I can confirm it was.
yeah great time , back when america taxed the rich and things got done , unlike today .... oooops ! did I bust your bubble .? LMAO
I miss the mid 90's just before cell phones were common. cars were as good as now, but no pervasive tech.
OMG! MY MOM AND DAD! Mt Airy Lodge, Poconos! 3:04 OMG! OMG! OMG!❤❤❤❤❤
Fantastic! When I look at old postcards, I often wonder how many of the people are still alive, if any, and whether they remember posing for the picture, and what they would think if they knew that someday a stranger poking around in an antique shop or on UA-cam more than half a century later would be looking at their image!
What amazing photos
Where has that beautiful society gone 😢😢
It never existed. I was there.
There are many more photographs that could tell a different story. These are lovely to look at but they have been specially selected to present an idealized view of one section of American society. The scars left by WWII and Korea were still raw for thousands and the conflict in Vietnam was already escalating.
@@jdgoodwin3136It did exist. I was there!
Beautiful cars, beautiful people, and nice clean places. Now that is all gone. Why?
De-evolution.
They only capture the good side of life here.
All this and heaven, too!
This makes me sad for the America we lost.
I liked that nobody had tattoos ,
Happy days . Wonderful .
I deeply long for this era in time. My heart feels connected ❤
Growing up in the 50s and 60s in a small Scottish mining town and watching American movies of the time, photos like these remind me of a place I longed to be!
A time when people had class and respect. You done see young adults or teenagers with their caps on backwards, idiotic tee shirts and on their smartphones. People were courteous and respectful of one another.
Well said, God bless you 🙏
The heck with their caps. Back then they at least they had sense enough to pull up their pants.
She's mocking blacks lol you idiots
Yeah, the good old days when people had class and respect, and apparently EVERYONE was white. Because, of course, a large number of the restaurants and hotels featured in these vintage photos didn’t welcome anyone who wasn’t white.
You’re pining for a time when there were Americans regularly denied jobs, lodging, food, bathroom facilities, and even the opportunity to swim in those perfect pools, due to the color of their skin or their faith.
Rose colored glasses make it easy to delude oneself about the “good old days.”
@@arlopopnostalgia ain’t what it used to be.
Motel and hotel rooms had paper, pens and postcards in those days. Today - nothing. $600 per night Disney resort hotel and can’t even leave a note for the housekeeping staff!
It all got stolen. Even back in the 60s, it was a thing to steal towels. Slobs trashing rooms.
This type of motel has vanished. All big 2 storey buildings now, for $200+.
I wish the world was still like this. There's an element not there, that certainly is now.
What do you suppose happened? Who dropped the ball?
I miss those days! People had respect, class and acted like mature adults compared to the new generation today! I ask what happened.
Thank you so much for reminding us what humanity was once like, before this new generation of dumb down youth and self enslaving puppets destroy the planet
Even the dogs were dignlfied.
I loved everything about this, thank you.
A MUCH BETTER time period in America.
If u were white huh
@@eutimiochavez415Well, stay in a non-white country then. I'm sure it would be better for your family, not to mention the whites who built the country.
mid 70's kid here. but still brings back memory.
Born in 52. Every year each morning of school we faced the American flag and said the Pledge of Allegiance. I miss the good ol days.
Born in 67 and we still said the pledge and a prayer in public school in Houston.
that's called ( indoctrination ) I thought you people were against indoctrination ? LOL
I think of the 60's often, too often. The cars, oh, the cars! I remember my parents' new 1960 Impala, their new 1958 Chevy. There are photos of that Chevy with my mom looking like a beautiful model posing by it. I remember the Beatles performing on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. I remember my parents' '68 Camaro and my dad driving me to a CCR concert back in '69. I was certainly born too late. I'm only 69.
Now we're living in the end times.
No cell phones.....No bottled water.....Everyone tastefully dressed....No diversity in sight.
The wonderful years that have been destroyed.....never to return. We only have the memories and pictures.
Just the cars alone make this video awesome.
No diversity in sight. Curb your bigotry
Well said, God bless 🙏
That’s a right. On ?
Probably very little crime could leave cars and doors unlocked and not worry about getting mugged
@@michaelmauro9335 true ,u could !
Yes please bring me back to that time when people were humans and with respect and a woman was a real woman.!
Thank you for the video
Excellent video, thank you.
By way of contrast. I had a birthday dinner at a very upscale Denver restaurant last night. Most people dressed up for the occasion but there were a number of men in regular tee shirts with ball caps on. When I was younger (up until around 1985) men and boys took off hats indoors and wore nicer clothing to nicer venues. Is this important? Only in the sense that no one feels obliged to observe any standards anymore. That is the definition of societal chaos.
Interesting, With no Zoo Animals to create havoc, Everyone having a Great Time. Never See it like this today.
The respect everyone mentions came from our parents teaching us how to properly behave in public. And if you didn't you were brought outside and shown how the world would treat you if you acted that way when you grew up.
I looked up Grand Canyon Lodge at 6:11 on Google Maps. That dining room is virtually unchanged. Very cool.
Women were beautiful and feminine back in those days.
They all once LIVED! 😊 Love is beautiful. Love yourself. Love your neighbors. Love your parents, Love your brothers. Love your friends. Love your wife. Love your country. BUT most importantly Love the one that without him none of this would have existed. The God The magnificent. The self sufficient.🤍
I was at The Castaways in Miami Beach for a few days in 1967. A local band called The Peridots was playing in the The Castaways "Wreck Bar."
It seems like I heard them play the song "96 Tears" about ninety-six times! 🎶
Hey, Nedski - That's awesome that you made it to the Castaways Resort. When collecting these photos, I came across a whole bunch of photos for The Castaways, but was only able to use a couple in the video. It really looked like a cool place! And, according the the research, the Wreck Bar was renowned as a wild and unique place.
@@TheHistoryLounge The Castaways was also a hangout for famous people visiting Miami like the Beatles and others. I didn't see anyone famous when I was there.
All the videos you make are great! Thanks for posting!
As a child of the 70s, who spent his time in many Howard Johnsons and Holidays Inns, thank you for the memories! BTW, the HJ fried clam strips are to die for!
My past life’s era. 😎
Our family could not afford such luxiries back the, we had to keep a roof over or heads and food on the table. We did finally get to go to our aunt's home in Florida. 😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗
Same here. We went to Florida once and it wasn't as much a vacation as it was a recon mission to find another place to live and a job for my father to go with it.
I was born in 1946😊
So
Such great music you use in your videos!!
Wow, a beautiful video! Many kind regards from Germany.
I remember in about 1955 or 1956 when I was 10, we went to Lake Tahoe and Reno for vacation. We stayed at a Holiday Inn Motel that was $22 per night. That's like about $250.00 today !
That was amazing
0:38 what an amazing photo! It's scarcely believable that it isn't a double exposure. Looks like the photographer waited till the sun was directly behind the mountains, then got up on a ladder and flashed the heck out of the dining room with a big dirty flash-bulb .
Just beautiful.
Fantastic video, great White Europeans 🙏. God bless them . Civilization 😁
Thanks for sharing this fantastic video, God bless 🙏👌
Such a shame what our country is now. I know there were problems back then, but I'd definitely take that over the insanity we have created for ourselves now.
I think the world was a better kind of different back then
Thank you for all the videos. Love it. Experience would be so much more enhanced if you have music from the 50s along these videos.
Ya by the 60s these days were on a serious downhill slide by the 70s we tried to slow it down but by then it was too late now we' where screwed and wondering what happened to America and the good old days.
What a sensuous presentation you are kind enough to share. The time to create active content for viewers is extensive and at times complex.
I love how they drive their cars right on the beach. I also love the photo with the mountain views
When our Civilization was civilized.
Lol, if you actually lived through that period, you recognize that a lot of these shots are from postcards and brochures from the motels and resorts and that when you actually got there in person the place didn’t look anything like the postcards. 😊
Not one pink and blue haired tattooed person! Not one obese person in ANY of the photos! Sane, respectful people having fun!
Exactly. Also, no fat ass kids walking around with nose and lip rings with their faces glued to a cell phone screen. Yeah, I would say those were better days in many respects.
This was before the left destroyed America.
@@cdub4693 Take your political bull💩 elsewhere!
So you think 38 photos is statistically representative of the US population? PUH-LEASE!
@@brucestaples4510 Yes, Bruce, since I lived through that period I DO think it's representative, and since your sarcastic remark proves you didn't, then why don't you take your "woke" horsecrap somewhere else.
I LOVE this music (at the start) - anyone know what it is? Also lovey video!
A moment in time. Like a vapor and like a flower. But GOD knows each soul from the beginning of time, and all will stand before HIM. The music to your videos is a really nice fitting.
Excellent video. God bless our European brothers and sisters 🙏.
Definitely good times in the USA 🙏
Those were the days. The moral decay that's taken place in the past few years is frightening. 💩😈
I blame the church. The past 50 years, feel good preachers said, don't pay attention to what is going on around you... When things get bad, you get a magic carpet ride to heaven... Make sure you give 10% of your income to my tax-free church or you will be left behind.
The good old days,when things were right.
Thanks! Looking at the people mostly and shocker; I don't see any "landwhales anywhere, Must of been a beautiful time..
What happen to all those beautiful cars of the 50s and 60s?❤❤❤❤
Today's so-called designers suck!
Great images! It was surely a time of unbridled wealth, hope, and optimism. Lot's of great memories. Perhaps these Norman Rockwellish illustrations are a bit over the top, but the general mood is there. Notice the lack of minorities in these illustrations. Notice the absurdity of some of them, i.e. the couple sitting, for some unknown reason, on the green while the lady is presumably making a putt? What is that all about? It certainly was a time of family vactions and families doing things together contrasted with today's family in which the kids are given a hundred bucks and sent to a Taylor Swift concert! These are clearly the hay days of advertising and psychology coming together to form the media propaganda machine of today. Oh the longing for a simpler life!
I passed by the Pride Parade here in Vancouver last weekend..but I grew up in the world idealized in these photos..I don't know if it's possible to be so completely changed as a society.. a complete and absolute transition from one extreme to another.
Everything was hidden back then.
@@lauriefarmer2821 Please, then go back in the closet and hide! Don't come out until we tell you too!
People have more freedom today. I lived during that time in a very privileged part of America. But they couldn't hide the racism and segregation from 6 year old me. I asked questions to which I did not receive honest answers. I never forgot.
Wow the days of not getting ripped off staying at places.
Nice features and pictures, but some of these are from the 60's, as evidenced by the 60's cars. Nice to look back at that era, when we were on top of the world.
this is making me sad....& homesick.💔
Halcyon days!
Interspersed with this are present day adverts that make you realise just how garbage the modern world is
Funny how back then TV was grey and white, but everything else had COLOR.
Now TV has color, but cars and everything else is black, GREY and WHITE. NUTS.
America had color TV in the 1950s , Australia did not get until well into the 1970s , fact I was there.
aah yes.. when people actually interacted with one another; when men were men and women were women. No fat people, no tattoo's, no slobs, no homeless camps, no graffiti, no dirty streets, etc. 1945 - 1963 were the golden years of the US (yes, yes my african-american friends... I know it was not good for everyone... I'm just generalizing and comparing it to now... some things have improved, but it's been mostly downhill since the Kennedy assasination).
You are sooooooooooo right! Amen!
Amen.
No internet or cell phones back then.
How did they get such vibrant colour?
Funny, but all I saw was white.
Do you know if any of these resorts are still??Which one are they?
Completely in a different world then ... now just ghost of the past.
Not a single they/them in sight for decades.
I wonder why ?
There was lots of parking spots.
This is what the US looked like when it was ok to have standards.
Yea I’m sure Blacks loved it back then.
@@richardthomas1566 Well it sure has been downhill since then. Your dumb welfare state courtesy of LBJ sure worked wonders!
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In the bustling city of Moscow, where elegance and propriety are held in the highest esteem, the young ladies of society are often to be found before their looking-glasses. With a care and attention that speaks to their refined sensibilities, they arrange their hair and apply their makeup, ever mindful of the impression they must make.
The streets of Moscow, too, present a picture of cultivated grace. Adorned with hanging flowers and devoid of any unsightly vagrants, they offer a pleasing prospect to the discerning eye. Luxurious carriages traverse these avenues, bearing their occupants to engagements of the utmost importance.
Among the many sights to be observed, one cannot overlook the soldiers, resplendent in their uniforms. They stand as a testament to the strength and valor of the nation, ever prepared to defend against the aggressions of those misguided NATO forces.
Oh, how delightful it would be to promenade along Moscow's boulevards in the gentle embrace of summer! The restaurants, with their tables so elegantly laid, invite one to partake of the finest repast. The sidewalks, so scrupulously maintained that not even the remnants of a discarded cigarette are to be found, reflect a society that values order and decorum.
Yet, in contemplating other cities of renown, such as Paris, London, and Berlin, one cannot help but feel a pang of sorrow. Where once these places might have rivaled Moscow's splendor, they now present a disconcerting image. The resentful glares of recent refugees, the threats and uncouth behavior that mar the once-peaceful streets, all speak to a decline most distressing.
Indeed, it must be acknowledged that Europe, and even the States, have fallen victim to a most unfortunate fate. The machinations of those who harbor ill will and destructive visions have wrought havoc upon the fair-skinned race. One can only hope that the grace and elegance that still flourish in Moscow may yet endure, a beacon of civility in a world that seems increasingly bereft of such virtues.
Thanks for sharing such detail. Sad how the lowlifes are all over the place in the USA. You really can't escape it.....
They are such a blight. God bless 🙏
I, would like to add that you're comments are extremely accurate. I have a hard time seeing what's going on in the USA and other places you mentioned.
Fortunately,we have nothing to do with the filth. We thank God for his blessings......🙏
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The world was such a much better place back then. People were happier, and there was way less whining and complaining. But as soon as you give them the little finger...
Don't kid yourself.
@@SwitchFoot2007 Facts are facts
@@Langkowski Thats cool you have a right to be wrong.
Very interesting.
Look at the thighs and compare today.
Shows the effects of food full with carbohydrates and sugar .
Knowledge of what to eat and how to cook has dissapeared.
People were still skinny even with that kind of food people had self respect
Where are the BFW's ?
Ho Jo's was the best.
Nothing from Maryland in the 1950s ?
Can you do a early New York mob era
No more comments. Been wasting time.
Америка того времени, быт, автомобили и сами американцы это была мечта...сегодня Америка это клоака и умирающий монстр....Сравните, например, Кеннеди с Байденом.