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Across the Face of America Summer’s Old Song
A sweeping portrait of a 1961 summer Sunday across the United States. From Los Angeles to Bar Harbor, Odessa to Honolulu, reporters record idle leisure, small town rituals, and the quiet tremors of a nation on alert amid Cold War tensions, with vivid scenes of daily life, tourism, and social contrasts.
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Saul Pettap
Atlantic
Pacific
Mississippi
Yukon
United States
Berlin
America
Los Angeles
Tan
Odessa
Larchmont N.o.1 Yacht Club
Honolulu
Waikiki Beach
Bar Harbor
Maine
Cleveland
Ohio
Hawkins
Outer Space
Ocean
Atlanta
Portland
Associated Press
Riviery
Coney Island
Fort Madison
Iowa
Craig R. Shaeffer
Pen Company
Wrigley Field
Chicago
Block Island
Palestine Temple
Mystic Shrine of Cranston
Hyannis Port
Mass
Nantucket Sound
Shriner
Cape Cod
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller Brothers
Bar Harbor Club
Charlotte Colker
Campbell Soup
Kimball House
Henry
Santa Anita Village
Siesta
Moscow
Dick Wheatley
Dodgers
Reds
George Trebat
Bob Hendersons
Wally Kennedys
Wally
Kheushchev
Charity
Gettysburg
Tucson
Philadelphia
Cape Canaveral
Tiros
Earth
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco
Alcatraz
Midwest
U. S
Union
Hawaii
Franklin Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Dawson
Yukon Territory
Klondike
Robert Service
Bonanza Creek