This coming Sunday is Father’s Day, so it only makes sense that ‘Vintage Photo Tuesday‘ is all about fathers. Let’s take a look at all the cool photos, shall we?
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Gone fishing, do not disturb. -1930s vintage photo-
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Sweet photo with dad-July 1934.
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This photo is a bit over exposed but boy does the son look like his father. Wow! -1930s.
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1940s family camping trip.
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1945 vintage photo of a dad pulling his kids on a sled in the winter-“Pull us faster!”
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A father with his family-1940s (Great skirt on the right!)
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One cool dad with his little one-1940s.
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Mini Dad! -1940s vintage photo-
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Trip to the zoo to see the camels. Photos with camels makes everything awesome. -1950s vintage image-
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These new parents look like they did not realize what they got themselves into. Dad’s shirt is pretty cool though. Circa 1950s.
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“Hey son, pass me a smoke.” -1950s vintage image-
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Leave it up to dad to do the awkward photo-1960s original selfie (Note: I have no idea if this man is actually a father, but it just seemed like a dad thing to do in the 60’s. ha!)
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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! Have a super day, doing whatever you want to do (mine will be watching world cup soccer-Go Germany!).
It’s been awhile since I have done a roundup of some of my favourite online vintage reads and videos. So here we go….
‘Vintage Wearers Speak‘. This blog series by Flashback Summer is a Q & A with the vintage world, that myself and other vintage clothing fans recently participated in. It was a fantastic idea and I really enjoyed everyone’s diverse and interesting answers. Check them out below.
Myth Buster! ‘Flappers Didn’t Really Wear Fringed Dresses‘. Article by Zoe Berry for Racked all about how the iconic flapper costume wouldn’t fit in at one of Jay Gatsby’s parties.
Mary Travers, a.k.a. La Bolduc (seen above). La Bolduc was Canada’s first “chansonnière,” singing about the daily problems and difficulties of ordinary life. Her songs would cheer on les Québécois during the Great Depression. Take a look at her Heritage Minute below, focusing on the payment for her first recording session in 1930 (Video Clip).
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The Google Doodle on June 4th was all about Canadian Tom Longboat on what would have been his 131st Birthday. Tom was an Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario and was one of the world’s great long-distance runners.
He ran his first official race in Caledonia in 1905 and two years later shot to international attention with a record-breaking win in the Boston Marathon. He represented Canada in the 1908 Olympics. Hailed as professional world champion the following year, Longboat went on to set world records for 24- and 32-km races. During the First World War, he served as a dispatch runner with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces (1916-19). Tom Longboat is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (Source).
About: In the dead of winter, 1950, a Los Angeles fashion designer named Rose Marie Reid–already known for designing the beachwear of stars such as Marilyn Monroe–patented a one-piece bathing suit made using elastic fabric that could just be pulled on. Reid, who already held a number of bathing suit-related patents, had just created the earliest version of the modern one-piece suit (Source).
The Swing Reival in the 90’s is a big part of why I am a lindy hopper and vintage fan today. So the music from that time will always hold a place in my heart. Billboard magazine wrote this long but very interesting article entitled “In Defense of the Swing Revival: Why America Flipped for ’40s Sounds in 1998“. Check it out to see why they had to defend it.
This last article/video brings us to the end of this edition of the vintage roundup. I hope you enjoyed what I had to share and thanks for stopping by!
Question time: What article or video did you enjoy above? Did you read or see anything that is in the vintage world that you found interesting? Share in the comments below! You know I love to hear from you.
