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Category: Vintage Photo Tuesday


Oct
2021

Happy Halloween! Vintage Photos of Costumes from the 1950s & 1960s – PART 2

categories: vintage images, Vintage Photo Tuesday

Welcome to another edition of Vintage Halloween Costumes from the 1950s & 1960s for adults and kids (the nonoffensive kind)! For more fun photos from past Halloween posts, check out the links at the end.

Let’s see all the Halloween fun our ghouls and goblins got into!

vintage Halloween party invitation featuring a cat and pumpkin

Source: Pinterest

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Vintage Photos of Halloween Costumes from the 1950s & 1960s

Kid Costume Ideas/ Photos:

Look at those happy faces, in their adorable costumes enjoying their 1950s Halloween party.

Vintage 1950s B&W Snapshot Photo Kids Halloween Decor Costumes Jack O Lanterns

Source: eBay

Hands down this costume of a young girl in the 1960s WINS! A domino! REALLY? Love it!

I’m also thinking that this is an easy costume…I need an easy costume this year. Maybe……

1960s Vintage Photo of a young girl in her Halloween Costume as a Domino. Fun Vintage Halloween Photo.

Source: eBay

1950s vintage photo of 2 kids dressed up as injured sports players with a big smiley pumpkin as their photo companion (very clever costumes). Oh and….I WANT THOSE CURTAINS!

1950s Kodachrome Red Border Slide Halloween Costumes of Injured Sport Players -1950s vintage photo.

Source: eBay

Vintage 1950s photo of a kid dressed up as a skeleton getting ready to head out for some trick or treating. Love the 1950s house decor that you can sort of see in some of the image.

1950s vintage photo of a kid in a mid century house in a skelton halloween costume

Source: eBay

1950s photo of a young girl dressed up as a cute old lady with a mask (got to hide that age) and a boy as a masked black cat. Both are holding adorable Trick or Treat bags.

1950s vintage photo of 2 kids in their Halloween costumes posing before they go Trick or Treating.

Source: eBay

Adult Costume Ideas:

A Hershey Kiss walks into a bar…have you heard that joke? Me neither but it felt like a good introduction to this fun 1960s costume party photo. We have a bride & a groom, that Hershey Kiss and a move star maybe. Groovy gang!

1960s vintage photo of a HALLOWEEN Costume Party featuring adult costumes of a Hershey's Kiss and a bride and groom costume.

Source: eBay

From a costume party at a school in the 1950s. A cheerful man in a lifeguard costume and woman in her swimsuit. So fun!

From a Halloween costume party at a school, a man in a lifeguard costume and woman in her swimsuit in this 1950s vintage photo

Source: Etsy

The traditional Cowboy and the Pilgram costume for this couple. November 1957 photo.

Vintage 1950s Halloween Party Costume of a cowboy and pilgram

Source: Etsy

1960s vintage photo of I think the same Halloween party as our Hershey Kiss photo above. This one features a man dressed up as a Victorian kid and a pretty woman in her 1960s dress & hairstyle (not sure if she is supposed to be someone).

1960s vintage photo from a halloween party featuring a man dressed up as a little victorian kid and a pretty young woman in a 1960s dress.

Source: eBay

I honestly have no clue if this is a Halloween party, but this “older lady mask” on our guitar playing entertainer does give off that Halloween party feel (circa 1950s). Love the little peek of saddle shoes on the lady in the back.

1950s vintage photo of a Halloween party for adults featuring a scary masked musician with guitar

Source: Etsy

Happy Halloween to all that celebrate! Stay safe and have fun!

Further Reading: Collection of Vintage Halloween Blog Posts

Liz


Sep
2021

Be Inspired! Vintage Photos of Wallpaper Designs in Mid Century Homes

categories: Vintage Home, vintage images, Vintage Photo Tuesday

This weekend while scrolling thru Pinterest, I started down the rabbit hole of fun vintage photos showcasing people in their homes with the most AMAZING, WILD & FUN wallpaper that I have ever seen. So that got me to thinking…I need to do a Vintage Photo Tuesday post on these images! I mean who does not love going “ohhh what were they thinking?” or “Ohhhh I want that for my home!”? Everyone is a couch interior designer (or least I am)! Ha!

1960s vintage ad for Crown Wallpapers featuring an illustration of people with wallpaper patterns.

PLUS I’m currently redoing my tiny bathroom with a tropical wallpaper and so I have been in wallpaper mode for a few weeks now.

Now without further adieau, let’s take a look at the pictures!

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Vintage Photos of Wallpaper Designs in Mid Century Homes

I’m going to start this post with a very busy image from the Mid-Century. Be prepared readers, it’s a lot.

A Children’s birthday party in the 1950s maybe 1960s featuring…floral wallpaper, 100% different floral curtains and let us not forget the patterned floor. Oh my! HA!

Further Reading: Vintage Flooring Advertising 1930s-1960s

1950s / 1960s vintage photo of a kids birthday party in a room with wallpaper and floral curtains plus a formica table.

Source: eBay

1955 photo of a young woman in her bed with a stuffed panda and dog. The wallpaper is floral and I envision it to be pink & light blue for some reason.

1950s vintage photo from 1955 of a young woman in a bedroom with a stuffed panda bear and stuff dog sitting in front of a room with wallpaper.

Source: Etsy

1950s vintage snapshot of a couple in their bedroom getting their photo taken. The wallpaper in the background looks like a repeat pattern of berries of some sort (maybe?). Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

1950s maybe late 1940s vintage photo of a couple in their bedroom with a wallpaper wall

Source: Etsy

This is one busy room! Fancy wallpaper in this maybe 1950s vintage photo, it is just a bit much but I do like it! What do you think?

1940s 1950s vintage photo of a young Black woman and and older Black Woman in a room with fancy wallpaper

Source: Etsy

Seeing a photo in colour is just the best, especially when your trying to get a good idea of what the wallpaper colour is. LOVE this 1960s Christmas photo of a family hanging out in their living room.

I’m also enjoying the MCM side table beside the older gentleman.

1960s vintage photo of people sitting in a living room in front of a floral wallpaper wall in 1960s clothing at Christmas time.

Source: eBay

Smoking in the kitchen! A group of 1950s men washing dishes with a very busy wallpaper design in the background. Yooza!

1950s vintage photo of 1950s men washing dishes in the kitchen smoking

Source: eBay

Pick 1 pattern or 10! In the case of this photo, we have 1 patterned wallpaper, and then different patterned shirts on our young boys and grandpa. Oh and don’t forget that floral couch! So many patterns (Circa 1950s).

1950s vintage photo of a 2 young boys with their grandfather sitting on the couch in front of a wallpaper wall.

Source: Etsy

Here we go with more patterns! In this 1960s photo, our lovely lady is seated in front of a fireplace in a pretty patterned housedress with a tropical looking wallpaper in the background.

Love all the family photos on the mantel!

1960s photo of a Black woman seated in a living room in a pretty 1960s dress

Source: eBay

A elegant 1950s woman seated in a fancy chair with small sections of wallpaper behind her.

1950s vintage photo of a woman in a 1950s dress sitting in chair in front of a wall with wallpaper.

Source: eBay

Another fantastic colour photo of a family in their 1950s living room! Love the wallpaper! Reminds me a bit of what I’m going to add to my bathroom.

1950s vintage photo of a family in their 1950s living room sitting on a couch. Super 1950s hairstyles and 1950s fashions

Source: Pinterest

Vintage photo 1950s teenage girl in bobby sox with an unusual deer doll toy, just hanging out in her families living room. Another interesting wallpaper design.

1950s vintage photo of a young girl sitting in a chair in a livingroom with a toy deer at her foot and a wall covered in wallpaper.

Source: Etsy

Since Halloween is next month, I thought this cute 1950s photo of a couple dressed in costume in front of their kitchen “coffee & flowers” wallpaper, would be fun to share!

Hobo Couple Hugging In The Kitchen Halloween Costume 1950s Vintage Photograph

Source: eBay

Like wallpaper? Make sure you check out my 2020 post on ‘Vintage Wallpaper Ideas from a 1940 Montgomery Ward Catalog‘

QUESTION: Are you a fan of wallpaper? Would you add a vintage wallpaper to your interiors? Share any of your thoughts in the comment section below!

Thanks for stopping by!

FURTHER READING: Check out my archive of ‘Vintage Home Decor’ Posts HERE

Liz