As I mentioned in my Cuba Travel Posters post, I’m off on my first out of country vacation since January 2020. As a person who LOVES to travel, this is an exciting moment that will be shared with my parents and couple of friends. CUBA HERE WE COME!

For today’s post (and the last one until I get back in a week from Sunday), I thought I would do a continuation of a series I started on vintage photos of family vacations (see the 2 posts below) in honour of yours truly taking to the friendly skies again!

• Family Vacations
• Family Vacations Part 2

Let’s go on vacation friends!

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Let’s Go On Vacation!

Vintage Photos from the 1930’s – 1960’s

Welcome to Miami Beach! 1950 photo of 2 very stylish women (mother & daughter I think) with the cutest kids! What a great photo, with the palm tree in the backghround and everyone in their best summer vacation clothes. Love it!

Source: Etsy

A group of Black men and women posing outside of the Idlewild, Michigan Club House in September 1938. Look at those amazing swimsuits and 1930s beach fashions! Gorgeous!

About Idlewild from ‘History.com’:

Idlewild, Michigan was once known as “The Black Eden”—a resort where black writers, business people, physicians and entertainers spent their summers in a racially segregated country. In its earliest days, you could run into W.E.B. Du Bois; in its later years, you could catch an Aretha Franklin show. But it wasn’t the only such spot. Even before the Negro Motorist Green-Book came out in 1936, resorts had opened up all over the country catering to black vacationers.

LEARN MORE THIS TOPIC AT: “Before the Green Book, These Resorts Offered Hidden Safe Havens for Black Americans“

Source: History.com

1950s vintage photo of a group of women and one man sharing a fun vacation moment on the shores of British Columbia, Canada.

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In my early 20’s I took a visit to Washington, DC to see the White House and all the other tourist must see’s. I did not look as stylish as this lovely 1950s woman here, but I enjoyed the trip nonetheless (isn’t her 1950s “Dior New Look” outfit fantastic?!).

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Beach vacations are always popular destinations as you can see in this 1940s / 1950s vintage photo of our two bathing beauties, enjoying the sand and water (destination unknown).

Source: Pinterest

1960s vacation photograph, ‘Busch Garden’s Florida’ (January 1969). So much to love in this photo!

Important fashion reminder! ALWAYS match your purse to your shirt..like exactly (or close enough too).

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Tourist Time! 1960s vintage snapshot of a man and woman at Rockerville Gold Town.

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‘Cruising Couple’. A 1950s cruise ship vacation.

1940s / 1950s vintage photo of 2 Black women with the fish they caught in their cute swimsuits at Highland Beach in Maryland.

Source: Daily Mail

This photo is labelled as 1940s, but I believe from the hairstyle on the mother and the clothing that it’s from the 1950s (correct me if I’m wrong). Whatever date it is, it is a fun shot of a family in front of a very cool waterfall. Love the binoculars the dad is wearing.

Source: Etsy

Hope you enjoyed the vacation photos I shared above! Share in the comments section what your favourite was OR where your next trip is going to be.

FURTHER READING: You can also check out my archived blog posts on all things Vintage Travel 1920s-1960s

Thanks for stopping by!

Liz