Easter is just around the corner and so for today’s post, I would like to share with you some fun vintage Easter magazine covers I found from the 1920s-1950s.

Let’s hop to it!

April, 1947- Life Magazine Cover – Vintage Ladies Holding Dogwood Blossoms

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Vintage Easter Magazine Covers: 1920s-1950s

“Romantic Easter” by J. C. Leyendecker on the cover of ‘The Saturday Evening Post,’ March 31, 1934.

This is so stunning!

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‘McCall’s Magazine’ April 1954 featuring on the cover different ways you can DIY you Easter eggs into a bunny & birds.

1950s Vintage Magazine Easter Cover-McCall's Magazine April 1954. Featuring Easter eggs and easter bunny and birds done DIY.

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Now that is a Spring / Easter Bonnet! WOW what a hat on our ‘Marie Claire’ cover model from April 1939.

1930s Vintage Magazine-Easter / Spring Cover. Marie Claire April 1939 magazine cover featuring a woman surrounded by flowers and wearing a 1930s vintage hat Easter Bonnet

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“Chocolate Easter Bunnies” ‘Saturday Evening Post’ Cover, March 25, 1950.

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Real Easter Bunnies! ‘The Modern Priscilla Magazine’, April 1920.

The Modern Priscilla Magazine-April 1920s featuring 2 Easter Bunnies on the cover. 1920s vintage magazine.

‘This Week Magazine’-March 24th, 1940.

1940s Vintage Magazine March 24th 1940 (This Week Magazine) featuring a little girl with curls in a pretty Easter Dress holding a basket of flowers.

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‘Child Life’, The Children’s Own Magazine April 1940. Cover artist Keith Ward. I love how the Easter Bunny is painting the egg. Too cute!

1940s Vintage Magazine featuring the Easter Bunny. CHILD LIFE, published in 1940 artist Keith Ward.

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‘Mademoiselle’, The Magazine for Smart Young Women – March 1948. Another fun Easter hat on the cover and inside you would of been able to see some lovely Easter fashions.

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And now for something completely different…..’Rothmans Cigarette Paper’, Easter 1932.

That is an interesting way to light your smoke.

1930s vintage magazine 1930s vintage pager: Rothmans Cigarette Paper 1932 1930s UK easter magazines

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‘Better Living Magazine’ – April 1954 Easter issue. “Learn how to make the Hoppity Bunny in 10 mins.”

1950s Vintage Magazine Better Living April 1954 Issue featuring an Easter Bunny on the Cover.

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An adorable mother and daughter painting Easter eggs together on the cover of the April 1949 ‘Journal’.

1940s Vintage Magazine: Journal April 1949 featuring an illustration of a Mother and daugther painting eggs together.

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‘The Country Gentleman’ April 4th, 1925. The oldest agricultural journal in the world.

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‘Family Circle Magazine’ – April 1953. The issue features Easter recipes, Spring fashions and more!

1950s Vintage Magazine Cover for Family Circle Magazine-April 1953. The Cover features a young girl with curly hair holding a bunny. Magazine features Easter Recipes and spring fashions.

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FURTHER READING:

Vintage Easter Blog Posts 1920s-1960s (Archived)
Vintage Magazines 1920s-1960s (Archived)

Happy Easter to all that celebrate! Oh and don’t forget to share your favourite magazine cover in the comments section below.

Liz

Easter is this coming weekend and I’m off to celebrate with my family as I do every year. Hiding the Easter eggs, here I come!

1950s Vintage Easter Advertising image featuring a woman wearing an Easter bonnet / Easter hat of an egg tray

Today’s post is a collection of vintage Easter advertising from the 1930s to the 1950s (plus a couple of magazine covers) to get us in the mood.

Let the Easter fun begin!

FURTHER READING: Vintage Easter Advertising – The Food

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Vintage Easter Advertising

1930’s – 1950’s

Cutest Easter Bonnet in Town-Vintage Canada Dry Ginger Ale Easter Ad, 1952.

1950s Vintage Ad: Vintage Canada Dry Ginger Ale Ad, Easter Bunny, Original Magazine Advertisement, 1952

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1941- Solve your Easter Problems. “Co-ordinated Styles” by Naturalizer Shoes.

1940s Vintage Ad / 1940s Easter Advertising: 1941 Blue Ribbon Shoemakers - Brown Shoe Company Print Ad - Naturalizer - Easter Shopping - Women's Fashion - Women's Shoes - 40s Fashion

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1950s ad for McCormick Vanilla featuring a marvelous Easter cake (April 1954).

Further Reading: Vintage Cake Ideas As Seen Thru 1920s-1950s Ads

1950s ad / 1950s Easter Advertising for McCormick Vanilla featuring a marvelous Easter cake.

Kodak Camera Ad 1950.

1950s Robert Hall Easter Special, as seen in a Life Magazine ad.

1950s Original Advertisement Robert hall Easter Special Life Magazine Ad

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Joanne Woodward on the cover of Family Circle Magazine in April of 1958 with some lovely Easter hats.

FURTHER READING: Vintage Easter Magazine Covers: 1920s-1950s

1950s Vintage Magazine Cover for an April 1958 Vintage Family Circle Magazine with Easter Hats on the Cover

Easter Bonnet from Lilly Dache. Easter Sampler from Whitman’s Chocolates. Circa 1940s.

1940s Vintage Easter Advertising for Chocolates Whitmans and Easter Bonnet

Woman’s Day Magazine April 1939 with adorable kids on the cover colouring Easter eggs. The Magazine even has an article on Easter Bonnets (click on the image to take a look).

FURTHER READING: Easter Parade-Toronto’s oldest tradition that is really all about the Hats!

1930s Vintage Magazine Cover: Woman's Day Magazine April 1939 with adorable kids on the cover colouring Easter eggs. The Magazine even has an article on Easter Bonnets

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1953 Du Pont Orlon Acylic Fiber Advertisement of a mother and her daughter in matching fashions.

1950s Vintage Ad / 1950s Easter Advertising: 1953 Du Pont Orlon Acylic Fiber Advertisement for what to wear on Easter. Featuring a mother and daughter in matching Easter Outfits

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“Add Fresh Appeal to Each Lenten Meal” -Vintage A&P ad for Hot Cross Buns.

Liz Note: I just had ate one of these the other day and I forgot how much I don’t like them. Yuck! They remind me of fruit cake which I really dislike (sorry lovers of either dessert).

So this last image is not an advertisement but I just had to share because it’s a cute craft kids can do with extra Easter eggs.

1950 vintage magazine page for making Easter crafts, Hodge Podge Page.

Happy Easter Friends!

Check out my other Vintage Easter Blog Posts below:

Vintage Easter Blog Posts 1920s-1960s (Archived)

Liz

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