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In movies and TV shows based in the 50s and 60s, like Dirty Dancing and the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, rich families would go spend their whole summers at fancy summer camps. How realistic was this of the times? How were American families able to take 2 months off of work to vacation?

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In movies and TV shows based in the 50s and 60s, like Dirty Dancing and the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, rich families would go spend their whole summers at fancy summer camps. How realistic was this of the times? How were American families able to take 2 months off of work to vacation?	2467