http://www.life.com/images/logo.png LIFE - LIFE Hits The Beach http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/28862/life-hits-the-beach To The Beach. . . At 70 MPH http://www.life.com/image/50660056 A look at some of LIFE's very best beach photos from summers gone by . . .]]> 50660056 Sun, 01 Jan 1961 03:00:00 EST A look at some of LIFE's very best beach photos from summers gone by . . .]]> Allan Grant. 2009 gettyImages.com Elizabeth Taylor on the Sand http://www.life.com/image/50389224 ]]> 50389224 Mon, 01 Sep 1947 04:00:00 EDT ]]> J. R. 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