--- title: Hot Dog Month: Vintage Photos of People Eating Hot Dogs description: July is considered National Hot Dog Month. Celebrate with timeless photos of the American favorite. canonical: https://time.com/3932485/hot-dogs/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-02T13:00:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T06:10:07.000Z og:title: See the Best Vintage Photos of People Stuffing Their Faces With Hot Dogs og:description: July is considered National Hot Dog Month. 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Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:10 AM UTCPublished: Jul 2, 2015 1:00 PM UTC On the 4th of July, Americans will eat approximately 150 million hot dogs. According to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, that’s enough to stretch across the continental U.S. more than five times. A disproportionate number of those wieners will be consumed on Coney Island in New York, where competitive eaters at Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest will attempt to best Joey “Jaws” Chestnut’s [record](http://www.nathansfamous.com/hot-dog-eating-contest/hall-of-fame) of 73 hot dogs on the men’s side and Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas’ feat of 45 on the women’s side. Perhaps it’s not surprise, then, that July is considered National Hot Dog Month. Here, in honor of America’s favorite tubes of miscellaneous meat and the eaters who enjoy them—competitively and recreationally—is a collection of photos of Americans stuffing their faces with hot dogs. _Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter_ [_@lizabethronk_](https://twitter.com/LizabethRonk)_._  Boy eating a hot dog, 1972. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Boy eating a hot dog, 1972. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Boy eating a hot dog, 1972. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Girl eating a hot dog, 1972. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Boy eating a hot dog, 1972. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Girl eating a hot dog, 1972. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Boy eating a hot dog, 1972. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Woman eating a hot dog, 1972. 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