Flashback Photos: Hot enough for you, Atlanta?

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It's HOT out there, y'all. Fortunately, Atlantans have a knack for beating summer's heat in a variety of ways. Let's take a look back at how Hotlanta cools off.

1979 -- Jan Nichols sunbathes on a stone wall in Piedmont Park.

1983 -- Virginia Highlands residents enjoy some ice cream on a hot day. CHERYL BRAY / AJC FILE

1971 -- This Barnesville shopper employed the classic "parasol" method to shield herself from the hot July sun. ROBERT CONNELL / AJC FILE

1945 -- The Iceman cometh (and thank goodness!): Thomas Well, right, doles out some free samples to grateful youngsters. RITA McGILL / AJC FILE

1970s-80s -- There's no beating the heat for Atlanta city workers Melvin Rush, Marcel Rocourt and Richard Holloway (left to right) while they're on the job. NONA BOYD / AJC FILE

1972 -- Original caption: "The heat wave which has been blanketing Atlanta has been a good excuse to get away and go fishing in Piedmont Park." GEORGE A. CLARK / AJC FILE

1949 -- Swimmers swarm the Grant Park pool on July 5. TAYLOR MOORMAN / AJC FILE

1980s -- For the adventurous, the Mind Bender at Six Flags Over Georgia offers a chance to cool off... as long as you don't mind doing it upside down. JOHN SPINK / AJC FILE

1977 -- The Ramblin' Raft Race, once the ultimate way to celebrate summer in Atlanta, never failed to showcase locals' creativity when it came to watercraft designs. CALVIN CRUCE / AJC FILE

1983 -- Of course, sometimes you've just had enough -- of the heat or, in Brett Butler's case, of being stranded on base in extra innings. RICH ADDICKS / AJC FILE

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1979 -- Jan Nichols sunbathes on a stone wall in Piedmont Park.

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