Vintage photos show what cross-country road trips looked like in the 1960s

• American families loaded up their station wagons and hit the road in the mid-20th century.
• Families explored the US as the country was changing, exposing them to different ways of living.
• But road-tripping in the '60s, a time of segregation, was not as easy if you were African American.

With the cross-country interstate materializing, automobiles on the rise, a booming economy, and a growing travel bug, families loaded up their station wagons and hit the road in the mid-20th century.