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Tag: vintage ads


Jun
2019

Golden Age of Cruising-Vintage Travel Ads for Cruise Ships

categories: travel, Vintage Advertising
1940s vintage travel ad for Matson Cruise Ships. The vintage ad features a couple sitting on the deck of the boat relaxing.

I love to travel because seeing the world is just something that I have to do! And when I travel, I like to get on a plane to my destination and then explore and find hidden gems with no schedule in sight. Cruise ship life is not something I’m ready for (but I’m sure I will be at some point in my life).

However! if the cruises are anything like what is advertised on these 1930s-1950s travel ads and posters, I just might have to change my mind. Glamorous and even more glamorous. Let’s see what I’m talking about friends.

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Vintage Travel Ads for Cruise Ships

1930s-1950s Travel Ads & Posters

Visit Hawaii with Matson Cruise Lines-1934 vintage ad (That Dress!).

Further Reading: What to Wear on a Cruise-The 1930s-1950s Edition

1930s advertising for cruise ship featuring 1930s fashion for women

And again in 1953. How tropical!

1953-Matson-Line-Cruise-to-Hawaii-Ad-1950s-Lurline-Cruise-Ship-Vacation-1950s-Advertising

Source: Etsy

“Life at sea is friendly…delightful…on the new “4 Aces”. American Export Lines – 1949 vintage ad.

1940s Vintage ad for American Export Lines Cruise Ships.

Source: Pinterest

Nassau/West Indies/Caribbean vintage travel cruise brochures, 1950s.

Nassau/West Indies/Caribbean vintage travel brochures, 1950s

Source: Etsy

1930s summer fashions on display as Italian Lines cruises you around the Mediterranean.

1930s Vintage Ad for Lido Mediterranean Cruises. Illustration features 1930s Fashions.

Source: Pinterest

1951 Cunard Cruise Ad – Couple Dancing in the ballroom. Looks like a fun time.

1951 Cunard Cruise Ad - Couple Dancing in 1950s fashions.

Source: Etsy

Getting there is half the fun! Cunard 1952. Balloon Games! I’m in!

1950s Vintage Cruise Line ad-Cunard 1952 featuring illustration of people in 1950s fashions playing 1950s party games

Source: Pinterest

“Every day is play day on an Alcoa ship in the Caribbean”, 1947.

1947 vintage advertising for cruise ship 1940s travel vintage travel vintage advertising

Source: Duke University Library

1953 American President Lines Cruise Advertisement. Cruise the Pacific on a country club afloat to Honolulu, Yokohama, Manila, Hong Kong, Kobe.

1953 American President Lines Cruise Advertisement. Cruise the Pacific on a country club afloat to Honolulu, Yokohama, Manila, Hong Kong, Kobe.

Source: Etsy

“Come aboard for all the fun of France.” 1957 French Line Cruises.

1957 FRENCH LINE Vintage Ad for Cruising. Ad Illustration features couples dancing and a cruise ship.

Source: Etsy

1953 Cunard Cruise ad. Getting there is half the fun! A crowd of happy travelers are enjoying the many fun activities aboard ship.

1953 Cunard Cruise Ad 1950s advertising

Source: Etsy

1951 Moore McCormack Lines Ad. 4 Special winter cruises for 1952 from Moore McCormack include a 38 day cruise to Punta Del Este, Uruguay and a 44 day cruise to see Carnival in Rio. 

1950s Vintage Ad: 1951 Moore McCormack Lines Ad. 4 Special winter cruises for 1952 from Moore McCormack include a 38 day cruise to Punta Del Este, Uruguay and a 44 day cruise to see Carnival in Rio. 

Source: Etsy

Take a cruise on Canadian Pacific to see the Great Lakes-1930s.

1930s canadian pacific cruises on the Great Lakes 1930s Vintage Ad. Ad Illustration features 1930s fashions.

Source: Art.com

No need to just sit around and be bored, cruise ship life has so much to do..like tennis and games by the pool. 1951 Matson Hawaii Cruise Ad.

1951 Matson Line Cruise To Hawaii Ad - 1950s Woman Playing Tennis on SS Lurline - Retro Cruise Advertisements

Source: Etsy

Vintage 1953 Moore McCormack Cruise Lines Ad. Take a 38-Day Cruise to Trinidad, Rio, Santos, Sao Paulo, Montevideo, and Buenos Aires for old world enchantment and cities as modern as tomorrow.

Vintage 1953 Moore McCormack Cruise Lines Ad Take a 38-Day Cruise to Trinidad, Rio, Santos, Sao Paulo, Montevideo, and Buenos Aires for old world enchantment and cities as modern as tomorrow.

Source: Etsy

Thanks for stopping by friends! I hope you enjoyed stepping back into time and seeing how travel advertising for cruising was like. I know I enjoyed seeing all that glamour I mentioned at the start of the post.

Question time: Have you been on a cruise? If yes, what did you like about and where did you go? Share in the comments below.

FURTHER READING:

Have a great week!

Liz


Mar
2018

Vintage “Spring” Advertising-1940’s & 1950’s

categories: 1940s, 1950's, Vintage Advertising

Spring has officially arrived and I am so ready for a change in temp. I used to love winter but as I have gotten older, it’s been pushed to the back. I’m just tired of being cold, bundling up in 60 million items of clothes (okay a total exaggeration but sometimes it feels that way), and I miss all the beauty of trees and flowers in bloom. I’m just tired of it. AND I would not be a true Canadian if I did not complain about it, ha!

For today’s post I wanted to cheer myself up and maybe some of my readers who are in the same boat and share some lovely Vintage Spring magazine covers and advertisements.

Ready Friends? Lets Polka into Spring!

1950s vintage ad for Avisco showcasing a couple in 1950s fashions dancing together. Ad is from April Harper's Bazaar 1959
April Harper’s Bazaar 1959. Source: Flickr

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Vintage Spring Advertising

1940’s & 1950’s

June 1950 vintage ad – “Spring is Motorola Portable Radio Time”.

1950s Motorola portable radio featuring an illustration of a couple together. Print Ad is from a "Coronet" magazine ad June 1950
Source: Pinterest

April Showers-1944 Saturday Post. Illustration by Alex Ross.

1940s vintage magazine cover: Original 1940s Saturday Evening Post cover art by Alex Ross
Via Etsy

Scary clown alert! Thanks 1950’s Texaco, now I won’t be sleeping for a month but I will remember to take my car in for a spring check-up.

1950s vintage ad for Texaco featuring an illustration of a clown
Source: Found in Mom’s Basement

Spice Berry Layer Cake recipe from “Woman’s Day” magazine-April 1956. This is so spring! The ad is right!

1950s Vintage Ad for Spice Berry Layer Cake recipe from Woman's Day magazine APRIL 1956.
Source: Pinterest

This ad is actually from 1938, but the desserts (for different kinds of Shortcake) look so yummy and the ad is all about “Spring” that I thought you would forgive me for adding it. Crisco Shortening Ad – 1932 From the May 1932 issue of Better Homes & Gardens.

1930s Vintage Ad featuring a 1930s Dessert Recipe: Crisco Shortening Ad - 1932 From the May 1932 issue of Better Homes & Gardens. The Vintage recipes are from Shortcakes

Source: Flickr

Easter was traditionally a time, when women and men donned their best “Easter Bonnet“

1950s vintage ad for women's Easter Hats
Source: Pinterest

1930s Catalog Page: “Spring Begins with a New Hat!”. Which one would you chose?

1930's Vintage millinery, fashion catalog page. 1930s women's fashions.
Source: Pinterest

Stetson Hats 1940s vintage ad.

Vintage Stetson Hat 1940s vintage mens clothing ad
Source: Mister Crew

April 1944 cover of Harper’s Bazaar Magazine. “Spring Beauty”.

1940s vintage magazine cover: April 1944 cover of Harper's Bazaar Magazine
Source: Pinterest

April, 1947 Life Magazine Cover featuring two young women holding spring flowers wearing 1940s hairstyles.

1940s Vintage Magazine Cover: April, 1947- Life Magazine Cover – Vintage Ladies Holding Dogwood Blossoms
Source: Etsy

Life Magazine Ford Advertisement from 1947. It features the latest Ford Sedan (I will take 2 please).

1940s Vintage Ad: April, 1947- Life Magazine Ford Advertisement – Vintage Ford Automobile Ad
Source: Etsy

1950’s rain gear for the whole family! For more images like this, check out my blog post “What to wear when it’s Raining“.

1950s raincoats for the whole family vintage ad

Women’s “Spotlight on Prints” Dresses-Sears & Roebuck Spring and Summer Catalog from 1938.

1930s vintage catalog: Sears & Roebuck Spring and Summer Catalog from 1938 featuring women's 1930s dresses
Source: Flickr

Ahhh I feel so much better, after putting together this blog post and I’m ready to put this winter behind me. How about you? What is your favourite season? Share in the comments below, I love when my readers reach out.

FURTHER READING: Vintage Advertising 1920s-1960s (Archived Blog Post)

Have a great day!

Liz