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Father's Day

Dads through the decades: A visual guide

Erin Baker Crabb, Michael Nyerges, Katie O'Connell and Ramon Padilla
USA TODAY NETWORK

If your dad is like most modern American men, he probably wears a lot of hats — although not the fedora of a long-past generation. He likely juggles multiple career and family responsibilities, and may occasionally find time to relax or hang out with the guys.

As Father's Day approaches, we put together a visual to show how dads — and our idealized images of fathers — have changed over the past few decades.

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