Have you ever noticed when looking thru vintage photos that there is always lots of images of people on their living room furinture? Some are staged or just a moment caught in time but they are always a great glimpse of the styles, trends and influences of the time.

Today’s post is a collection of fun vintage photos from the 1930s-1960s of people & their living room furniture.

Let’s take a look!

1960s vintage photo from November 1961 of young man relaxing on his couch.

Source: Etsy – Iloveyoumorephotos

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1930s – 1960s Vintage Photos of People & their Living Room Furniture

I think this is either a 1940s photo or an early 1950s, whatever the age our happy couple posing for a photo on their comfest living room chair are doning some pretty fantastic fashions. From our husbands tie with an image on it to our lovely wifes zebra stripped shoes and cute heels, this couple knows how to dress.

1940s photo or an early 1950s, whatever the age our happy couple posing for a photo on their comfest living room chair are doning some pretty fantastic fashions. From our husbands tie with an image on it to our lovely wifes zebra stripped shoes and cute heels, this couple knows how to dress.

Source: Etsy – RenascenceVintage

“Just sit back and relax, you earned it” -1950s vintage photo.

1950s vintage photo of a Black Women in a pencil skirt and white top a cool 1950s shoes chilling in a chair in the living room

Source: Etsy – therescuedphoto

Beers and Beer Steins. A fun 1940s photo of young women at a party posing together on the couch with those beers and steins. Also…Saddle Shoes!!!

Note: I loved this photo so much (being from German background and a big fan of Oktoberfest), that I just purchased it for my personal collection. Welcome home ladies!

Further Reading: Vintage Photos of people wearing saddle shoes

1940s vintage photo of young women in 1940s fashions including saddles shoes holding beers and beer steins at a party

Source: Etsy – Iloveyoumorephotos

1960s vintage photo of a young couple sitting on a fun pink couch.

1960s vintage photo of a young couple sitting on a pink couch. The young woman is holding a book and in the background is a mid century lamp.

Source: Etsy – therescuedphoto

Everyone may be trying to squeeze onto the couch for this 1950s family photo, but they made it work!

The decor is so fun! Floral wallpaper, floral curtains that don’t match each other.

1950s vintage photo of a Black family posing together in their living room on their couch. The living room walls have floral wall paper and floral curtains.

Source: Etsy – JakeRoebucks

What a great novelty skirt of fruit on our lovely lady enjoying a cocktail on her couch with her husband. 1950s Kodachrome Slide.

1950s vintage photo of a Couple Having Cocktails on their living room couch. The woman is wearing a 1950s novelty skirt of fruit.

Source: Etsy – Iloveyoumorephotos

1940s / 1950s photo of a couple sharing a kiss while their dog is looking for someone to save him. Ha!

Note: This is the first house where the pillows on the couch match the curtains!

1940s / 1950s vintage photo of a couple kissing on their couch in their living room while their dog is nearby

Source: Etsy- JakeRoeBucks

A railroad man, with his radio and his favourite cozy armchair. 1940s photo.

1940s vintage photo of a Burly Railroad Worker in Overalls Sitting in His Favorite Armchair By His Vintage Radio in a Cosy 1930’s Living Room

Source: Etsy-Delphiniumsblue

1930s image of a young woman with braids and a lovely 1930s blouse relaxing in a big armchair.

1930s vintage photo of a young woman with braids in her hair and 1930s top sitting in an large armchair

Source: Etsy – Iloveyoumorephotos

Taking a little break from the party.

Fun 1950s photo of a couple snuggling on a couch with a bottle of wine and Seagrams whisky on the table.

1950s vintage photo of a couple Snuggling on a Couch Enjoying a Few Drinks

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Sometimes all you want to do is just sit in your favourite chair, read your favourite magazine (‘Home Craftsman’ for this dad) and not be bothered. Not even for a photo.

Well lucky for us, this moment in time in the 1950s was captured for us to all enjoy.

1950s vintage photo of a man sitting in his favourite armchair reading 'Home Craftsman'.

Source: Etsy – Iloveyoumorephotos

Cheers!

1940s group photo in the living room during a party.

1940s vintage photo of a group photo taken in the living room on a couch and floor during a party.

Source: Etsy-TheWaywardPhoto

I hope you enjoyed this fun little post. It brought back a lot of memories for myself of many family photos on our living room furniture.

Please share in the comments section what your favourite image was (or anything you wish to talk about regarding these images).

Thanks for stopping by!

Further Reading: Vintage Photos from the 1920s-1960s (archived blog posts)

Liz

Have you ever wondered what life was like for our grandparents and great-grandparents? One way to get a glimpse into the past is to explore vintage photo booth images. From the 1930s to the 1960s, people all over the world spent time in photo booths to capture their memories in a unique way. From black and white headshots to lively group portraits, these snapshots offer a rare window into the past.

In this article, we’ll take a look at the history of vintage photo booth and explore fun samples of vintage images I found on the web.

Note: this part 2 post is all based off a post I did on 2018 entitled, Vintage Photo Booth Images.

Enjoy!

1950s photo booth image of a woman in a polkadot dress and cat eye glasses and curly hair

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Vintage Photo Booths Images from the 1930s to 1950s

Brief History of the Photo Booth:

The first-ever working photo booth was made by French inventor T.E. Enjalbert in March 1889 and was presented later that same year at the World’s Fair in Paris. He named it the “Apparatus for Automatic Photography” (which sounded way cooler in french: Appareil pour la photographie automatique).

The photo booth as we think of it today was created by Anatol Marco Josepho in 1925. The coin-operated machine he called “Photomaton ” was introduced on Broadway in New York. This version was used by more than 200,000 people, all of which waited patiently for 8 minutes while their photo strips developed.

After this success, he created the Photomaton Company and a fun fact is that the future president Franklin D. Roosevelt was actually on his board of directors. The Photomaton Company went on to install booths all over the country. In 1928, Josepho sold the rights to his invention to Henry Morganthau Sr. He was paid $1,000,000 for it and was promised a guaranteed lifetime royalty (Source–Outsnapped).

The Vintage Photo Booth Images:

1931 photo booth image of a mother & daughter who are clearly related.

1930s vintage photo booth image of a mother and daughter in 1930s fashions and 1930s hairstyles.

Source: Etsy – maclancy

Little Miss Sassy – 1930’s photo booth image.

1930s vintage photo booth image of a young Black girl having fun with the camera.

Source: Pinterest

1938 image of a woman with a stylish coat and fur collar.

1930s vintage photo booth image of a woman in a coat with a fun collar and 1930s hairstyle from 1938

Source: Etsy – maclancy

1940s smiling young man in Army uniform.

1940s vintage photo booth ~ Smiling young man in Army uniform.

Source: Etsy – therescuedphoto

Same place, different day.

Two 1940s photo booth images of a pretty Black Women in a lovely dress with a bow and the second image we discover she is a mother with another shot with her son.

1940s vintage photo booth image of a pretty Black woman in a 1940's dress posing for a photo.

1940s vintage photo booth image of a pretty Black mother with her son in a suit.

Source: Etsy – JakeRoeBucks

To say that I am madly in love with this photo, is a bit of a understatement…I LOVE this photo! Why? Because she looks like a player from the The All-American Girls’ Professional Baseball League aka “A League Of Their Own”. From the baseball hat, to the hair and even the red lip she could 100% be a player.

1940s vintage photo booth image of a woman with red lips and baseball hat. She looks like a baseball player from a League of their Own

Source: MoMa

I recreated this look not from this photo (but it’s almost the same) but from the TV show “A League of their Own” (Greta) which you can see below.

1940s inspired hairstyle for wearing with a baseball hat.

For the love of dogs.

How cute is this 1940s photo of a young man trying to get a lasting memory with his favourite cocker spaniel? Too cute!

1940s vintage photo booth image of a young man posing with his cocker spaniel dog.

Source: Etsy – therescuedphoto

Remebering that time at the “Paradise”.

1940s image of two curly haired friends with dress clips and a doll face brooch posing together under a sign that says “Paradise”.

1940s vintage photo booth image of two women with curly 1940s hairstyles and dress clips and brooches posing together

Source: Etsy – therescuedphoto

This 1940s tinted photo booth image of this young women with the gorgeous curls is MY vintage hair inspiration. In fact, I have slowly been working towards having my hair look like this, without ever seeing this image until now (I shared a recent photo of myself from Instagram below). Love it!