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Month: March 2023

Vintage Easter Images 1920’s – 1960’s

Over the years I have done several Easter blog posts but never one completely dedicated to Vintage Easter images. Since Easter is around just the corner and I have another themed post lined up for the week of, let’s do these Vintage Photos today!

Let’s take a look at our stylish & cute photos.

1950s vintage photo of a 1950s Window Display for Easter featuring Easter dresses for girls from Hess's Department Store, Allentown, PA

Source: Pinterest – 1950s vintage photo of a 1950s Window Display from Hess’s Department Store, Allentown, PA


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Vintage Easter Images

1920’s – 1960’s

A fashionable group in Atlantic City on Easter Sunday, April 17th, 1949. “Claire, Janet & Me”.

Animal print coats were clearly all the rage with these group of ladies (two of them at least). Stunning corsages as well.

1940s Vintage Photo / 1940s Fashion: A fashionable group in Atlantic City on Easter Sunday, April 17th, 1949. "Claire, Janet & Me"

Source: Etsy – LightSilverAndPaper

Here are the ladies again but they managed to find two men to walk them down the boardwalk for their own “Easter Parade”. “Janet, Moe, Claire, John & Me. April 17th, 1949”.

1940s Vintage Photo / 1940s Fashion: A fashionable group in Atlantic City on Easter Sunday, April 17th, 1949.

Source: Etsy – LightSilverAndPaper

Okay one more of this group! We found a third handsome man to join the gang! Our newest guy’s name is “Lloyd”.

1940s Vintage Photo / 1940s Fashion: A fashionable group of women and men in Atlantic City on Easter Sunday, April 17th, 1949.

Source: Etsy – LightSilverAndPaper

Incredibly stylish Church goers on Easter Sunday in Chicago in the 1940s. Look at those hats?!

1940s vintage photo of Churchgoers on Easter Sunday in Chicago dressed in 1940s fashions. Stylish group of Black Men & Black Women

Source: Etsy – OakwoodView

1940s vintage photo of Churchgoers on Easter Sunday in Chicago dressed in 1940s fashions. Stylish group of Black Men & Black Women

Source: Etsy – OakwoodView

The next photo is from an Easter post I did on “1920’s Photos of Toronto’s Easter Parade“, but is so amazing that I wanted to make sure you did not miss it.

Take a look at these fantastically dressed 1920’s women in their version of a tuxedo complete with top hats. The details are incredible. From their bobbed hair, majorette boots and long scarfs coming from their hands (so many questions) it’s all outstanding!

1920s photo of the Sunnyside Easter Parade in Toronto featuring two women dressed in Tuxedos

1950s vintage photo of a young woman filling Easter baskets on her kitchen table.

1950s vintage photo of a young woman filling easter baskets on her kitchen table.

Source: Etsy – iloveyoumorephotos

Parents and their need to scare their children at young ages for photos. HA! 1960s photo of a young boy posing for a photo with a pink stuffed easter bunny while his dad in a flannel jacket holds up the toy.

1960s photo of a young boy posing for a photo with a pink stuffed easter bunny while his dad ina flannel jacket holds up the toy

Source: Etsy – iloveyoumorephotos

Dressed in their Easter best…Mary Elizabeth and William Lewis holding Easter baskets in this Charles “Teenie” Harris 1940s photography. Aren’t they so cute??!

1940s vintage photo of a young Black boy and young Black girl in their Easter clothes holding easter baskets posing for a photo by Charles Teenie Harris 1940-1945.

Source: National Museum of African American History & Culture-Smithsonian

1940’s photo of a little girl holding a stuffed animal posing with mom and aunt maybe (or all sisters?)? I’m loving the 1940’s skirt suits on our ladies featured in the image.

1940s vintage photo of Easter 1945 featuring two women in 1940's skirt suits holding a giant easter bunny stuffed animal and a little girl holding a stuffed toy. Super 1940s Hairstyles.

Source: Etsy – AlaskaVintage

April 1954…Marlene & John celebrate Easter together with an Easter lily and a stuffed bunny. How adorable!

1950s vintage photo of a 1950s couple celebrating Easter with a easter lily and stuffed easter bunny in the photo.

Source: eBay

Easter Parade 1952.

Miss Jean Leonard, Air Force Sergeant Harry Logan, and Mrs. Harry Logan celebrate Easter in style as they celebrate in Harlem, New York. For the special occasion, the sergeant made sure to have his uniform pressed and to wear his medals (Source).

1950s vintage photo of two stylish Black women in 1950s fashions walking down the street during easter with a Black man in military uniform.

Source: Readers Digest

1930’s vintage photo of silly girl holding her Easter basket in a field of flowers. So very Spring!

1930s vintage photo of a cute girl holding an easter basket in a field of flowers

Source: Etsy –  iloveyoumorephotos

The bigger the 1960’s hat the closer you get to Easter. HA! Yooza that is some fancy hat on our lovely lady.

1960s vintage photo of two stylish young women in 1960s fashions one woman is wearing a large 1960s hat both are wearing corsages on their dresses

Source: eBay

Break out your absolute fanciest Easter dress & bonnet, nothing but the best for these little girls. 1950s photo.

1950s vintage photo of two little girls in their Easter dresses and easter hats

Source: Etsy – AlaskaVintage

1954 Vintage Easter image of two pretty girls with curls in their Easter Sunday jackets, hats and Easter basket.

1950s vintage photo of two girls at Easter time in their Easter clothes and easter hats holding easter basket

Source: eBay

I hope you enjoyed these fun Easter photos. Please share what your favourite was in the comments section below.

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Thanks for dropping by!

Liz

Vintage Menus: 1920’s-1960’s

A few years ago I was at one of my favourite antique stores and stumbled up on this really cool vintage menu for a restaurant in Toronto, called ‘The Flamingo’ (photo below). I just loved the imagery on the front and of course the food menu inside was a blast to browse (see inside at end of post).

The memory of this vintage find has inspired today’s post on Vintage Menu’s from the 1920’s-1960’s.

Let’s begin!

1950s 1960s vintage dinner menu for the Flamingo resturant in Toronto, Ontarion, Canada.

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Vintage Lunch / Dinner & Cocktail Menus

1920’s -1960’s

‘The Savoy, London 1923’ (Lady with Pearls), a private luncheon menu shared by a group of American friends on a European tour. Beautifully designed with a period motif, they were probably kept by one of the guests as a souvenir and brought back to the US (Source).

About:

The Savoy was London’s first luxury hotel and was opened in 1889 by theatre impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte. It was an immediate success thanks to innovations such as electricity, hot and cold running water and bathrooms in the lavishly furnished rooms and suites. More important than these modern amenities, however, was the refined and elegant atmosphere created by general manager Cesar Ritz and French chef Auguste Escoffier. Wealthy patrons, including royalty, flocked to the hotel for its superb levels of service and dining.

Even after Ritz and Escoffier left, The Savoy remained a high society favorite and was on the radar of many rich and self-made American visitors.

The Savoy remains one of London’s luxury hotels and is now owned by The Fairmont Group (Source).

1920s vintage dinner menu from 1923 for the Savoy Restaurant in London featuring an art deco illustration of a woman
1920s vintage dinner menu from 1923 for the Savoy Restaurant in London featuring a private dinner menu

Source: Vintage Menu Art – (FANTASTIC WEBSITE! Check them out!)

1934 drink menu from Terrace Garden Morrison Hotel Chicago, printed just a year after the end of Prohibition!

About:

The Terrace Garden at Chicago’s Morrison Hotel, the world’s tallest hotel for thirty years, which stood (until its demolition in 1965) at the corner of Madison and Clark Streets in the Loop. The building, which was designed by Marshall & Fox, was built in 1915. It was expanded in 1918 and 1925. The hotel had 1800 rooms in 1931, and the Terrace Casino (an important Big Band venue) opened in 1936, and the building was the headquarters of the Cook County Democratic Machine starting in 1932. The building was sold in 1937 and its name was changed to the Hotel Chicagoan. The 60-story First National Bank Building now occupies the former hotel site.

RARE vintage 1934 drink menu from Terrace Garden Morrison Hotel Chicago landmark, demolished 1965; world's tallest hotel

The imported champagnes listed in the menu have dates ranging from 1921 to 1928. The Bordeaux wines date from 1926-1928, and the Burgundys from 1923-1928. There is an Italian wine from 1929, and an Anjou from 1923. The Rhine wines date from 1926-1931, and the Moselles from 1929-1931. Also listed are Cordials, sweet wines, Cocktails, Apertifs, Sours, Rickeys, Mixed Drinks, Cobblers, Flips, Toddies, Fizzes, Punches, Smashes, Juleps, Whiskies, Scotch, Canadian, and Irish Whiskies, Gins, Rums, Cognacs, Ales, Beers, Ginger ale, Still and Sparkling Waters, and Iced Beverages (Source).

RARE vintage 1934 drink menu from Terrace Garden Morrison Hotel Chicago landmark, demolished 1965; world's tallest hotel
1920s vintage postcard images of the Terrace Gardens Restaurant in Chicago featuring people in 1920s fashions.
Vintage Postcard for the Morrison Hotel & Terrace Gardens, Chicago.

Source: Etsy

1940’s menu for “Sarasota Lido” in Florida. Fantastic late 1930s / early 1940s beach fashions on display on the cover.

About:

The iconic Sarasota Lido was situated on two acres of the city’s Lido Beach and opened amid great fanfare in 1940.

Designed by architect Ralph Twitchell as one of Florida’s Works Progress Administration projects (WPA employed millions of job-seekers to carry out public works projects, by Presidential Order) there was a pool, a ballroom, casino, cabanas and a bandstand. A balcony, fronted by iconic sea horses, was its most famous symbol.

By the late 1950s the property was aging. Despite attempts to raise money to restore it back to its glory days, the Lido was razed in 1964 (Source).

Liz Note: This hotel is so cool with lots of awesome photos, that I think I need to do a seperate blog post. So stay tuned!

1940s vintage dinner menu for the Sarasota Lido in Florida featuring a menu cover illustration of people in  late 1930s / Early 1940s fashions-beachwear and a giant seahorse.

Source: Vintage Menu Art

Jeff La Hurd, writing on jacksonville.com in 2018, describes it beautifully.

‘It stood on the beach as an architectural gem, as blindingly white as the surrounding sand. Designed by Ralph Twitchell, considered the dean of what became known as the Sarasota School of Architecture, it provided a unique Art Deco playground, a multifaceted recreational haven that became the hub for all manner of events in Sarasota: political rallies, dining, drinking and dancing, proms, club meetings, sporting events, beauty pageants — everything.

‘If you visited there as a child, you remember splashing in the shallow round wading pool; as a teenager the AAU size swimming pool with its high and low diving boards, and snack bar; as an adult the Low Tide Bar & Grill, or dancing in the Casa Marina Lounge to the music of popular bandleader, Rudy Bundy and his “sizzling clarinet.”

‘The second-floor balcony with its stoic sea horses (seen below) starring in the distance provided the perfect spot to sit and watch the goings on below.

The Casino was situated on two acres of property with 1,300 feet of beach frontage. Its presence all the more the striking because it stood nearly alone on the entire beach; the only other nearby building, the two-story Lido Beach Hotel that was barged there in sections by Sam Gumpertz in 1932.’ (Source).

1940s / 1950s vintage photo of the famous Sarasota Lido Casino and pool in florida.

“The Sugar Bowl -Amersterdam NY”. “Soda-Luncheon & Bowling. Open till the wee hours of the morning”. 1940s Menu.

1940s Vintage Menu / 1940s Vintage Menu Art: "The Sugar Bowl Soda-luncheon & Bowling" menu.
1940s Vintage Menu / 1940s Vintage Menu Art: "The Sugar Bowl Soda-luncheon & Bowling" menu. Featuring Sodas, Sundaes, Waffles.
1940s Vintage Menu / 1940s Vintage Menu Art: "The Sugar Bowl Soda-luncheon & Bowling" menu. Featuring vintage food like Appetizers of Chilled Juices, Triple Decker sandwiches & more.

Source: eBay

El Rancho Diner Menu, Las Vegas, 1946.

About:

El Rancho was the first casino resort on the Strip in Las Vegas and was established in 1941. Its Western theme was considered the height of sophistication at the time and was duplicated throughout the resort’s dining establishments.

It boasted of a “carefree atmosphere” where you could have a “vacation chuck full of Western charm of Sun-Lazing, Horseback-Riding and Casino Thrills”. The resorts slogan was “Stop at the Sign of the Windmill.”

El Rancho burned down in 1960 (Source).

FURTHER READING: Vintage Las Vegas Photos 1940s-1960s

1940s dinner menu for the El Rancho Hotel Las vegas, 1946 featuring an illustration of a cowgirl. Vintage Dinner Menu.

This post World War II era menu, complete with a cowgirl on the front cover, has a prime rib dinner for the handsome sum of $2, spaghetti Caruso named in honor of the famous Italian tenor for $1.50 and coffee at ten cents.

1940s dinner menu for the El Rancho Hotel Las vegas, 1946 featuring 1940s dinner foods.

Source: Vintage Menu Art

Glendale House Black Cocktail Menu, Indianapolis 1950s. Cool Mid Century Art.

1950s Vintage Menu: Glendale House Black Cocktail Menu, Indianapolis 1950s. 1950s Mid Century art.

Glendale House 1950’s Cocktail Menu List – “Pimm’s Cup: Coolest Drink in Town”.

1950s Vintage Drink Menu as seen on a vintage 1950s menu. Glendale House Black Cocktail Menu, Indianapolis 1950s

Source: Vintage Menu Art

This vintage menu cover makes me laugh! ‘Shrimp in Shorts, St Regis Restaurant, New Orleans‘, 1950s.

“Selected Shrimp, peeled to their shorts for dunking”

About:

This great menu is from the St Regis restaurant on Airline Highway five miles from downtown New Orleans (Source).

'Shrimp in Shorts, St Regis Restaurant, New Orleans', 1950s. Featuring an illustration of shrimp, "Selected Shrimp, peeled to their shorts for dunking"
1950s vintage dinner menu 'Shrimp in Shorts, St Regis Restaurant, New Orleans', 1950s.

Source: Vintage Menu Art

Milk’s Restaurant, on Fremont Street Las Vegas 1950s/1960s.

About:

Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas is located in the heart of the casino corridor and is named in honor of explorer John Charles Fremont. It was, or is, the address of many famous casinos such as The Golden Nugget, The Mint, The Pioneer, Golden Gate Hotel and Casino and Binion’s Horseshoe.

It was also the location for Milk’s restaurant which looks like it was fun place, judging from the whimsical illustrations on the interior menu (next photo) and phrases like “Our Reputation is Eaten Not Written” and the dish for dieters entitled the “Waist Away plate” (Source).

1950s / 1960s vintage menu from milks restaurant in las vegas on fremont street - cool mid century art.

What fun illustrations of people having a blast at ‘Milk’s’. I want to go here! Especially with prices like 10 cents for coffee and 75 cents for Bob’s special hamburger.

1950s vintage dinner menu from vintage las vegas featuring 1950s illustration mid century art.

Source: Vintage Menu Art

1953 Eaton’s Restaurant Lunch Menu – Colorado Boulevard Santa Anita.

1953 Eaton's Restaurant Lunch Menu. Colorado Boulevard Santa Anita Arcadia

Source: eBay

I love Tiki bars, and Tiki drinks (and everything that goes with that love), so seeing this cool 1960’s menu from ‘Tiki Bob’s’ in San Francisco, makes me wish I had a time machine.

About:

Tiki Bob’s restaurant and bar was opened in San Francisco in 1955 by entrepreneur Bob Bryant, who had previously worked for Trader Vic’s. At the time – the mid-20th century – America was in the grip of a Tiki obsession, created after US soldiers stationed in the South Pacific during WWII returned home with tales of exotic island culture.

The tiki that was created for Tiki Bob’s, greeting guests as they entered the establishment, was different. Whimsical and charming, it had been given a friendly and mid-century modern twist by its creator Alec Yuill-Thornton (1917-1986).

The Tiki craze died out as America embraced The Swinging Sixties but Tiki Bob’s remained open at the corner of Post and Taylor Streets until 1983. Successive businesses left the Tiki Bob’s in but did not give this icon the care it deserved. Through the ensuing decades, it was painted different colors, and someone even gave it a pair of spectacles.

That changed when Tiki fans and preservationists Heather David, Martin Cate and Donald Harvey restored Tiki Bob to glory in 2019. The friendly Tiki remains a San Francisco landmark and, in this new wave of appreciation for the Tiki aesthetic, is a focal point for Tiki fans who travel to the city by the bay to see this wonderful relic (Source).

1960s vintage menu for Tiki Bob's San Franciso. Vintage Tiki Menu / Mid Century Art.
1960s vintage tiki drink menu from Tiki Bobs in San Francisco featuring fun tiki drinks.

Source: Vintage Menu Art

As a Lindy Hopper (swing dancer) this menu while not particularly interesting to look at, it does have the best name…’Lindy’s‘ and loads of 1950’s cocktails & drinks to chose from.

Vintage 1950's LINDY'S inc NYC Restaurant Menu. 1950's Cocktail Menu.

Source: eBay

To end this post, here is the inside of the “Flamingo” the vintage menu in my collection. Yummy choices!

Now that was fun post to put together and I don’t know about you, but I’m hungry all of a sudden. Ha!

I hope you enjoyed browsing these vintage menus. Please share what your favourite ones were in the comments section or any other cool things you wish to talk about. I love hearing from my readers!

Thanks for dropping by!

Further Reading:

Liz