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Nothing says summer quite like a good old-fashioned barbecue. So in honor of one of America’s favorite summer traditions, LIFE.com takes a look back at some vintage sights and scenes of grilled feasts gone by.
Pictured: This family’s backyard barbecue gets the tablecloth treatment in 1953.
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Sally Draper apparently approves…