Vintage Canada

Collection of fun vintage Canada blog posts focusing on the era’s from the 1920s-1960s

Special Events & Holidays

• Canadian National Exhibition is Here! The Vintage Photo Edition
• Step Back in Time with The Canadian National Exhibition
• Exhibits & Displays Seen At The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) From The 1920s-1960s
• Vintage Photo Tuesday: Royal Agriculture Winter Fair-97th Year in Toronto
• Vintage Canadian Beauty Pageants
• The Biggest Rock n Roll Show of 1956 Performs at Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto
• Easter Parade-Toronto’s oldest tradition that is really all about the Hats!
• Toronto’s Santa Claus Parade: 1920s-1950s Holiday Fun!
• Images Of Toronto Christmas Seasons Gone By
• Vintage Photo Tuesday-Celebrating Thanksgiving Part 2
• Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
  • Happy Canadian Thanksgiving and a Big Thank You
• Happy Canada Day!
• Happy Canada Day! Roundup of fun 1940’s & 1950’s Canadiana

Vintage Posts on Canadian Men & Women

• Miss Toronto Pageant-The Early Days
• 1940s & 1950s Canadian Swimsuit Designer-Rose Marie Reid
• Deanna Durbin-A Canadian Born, 1940’s Movie Star
• Eleanor Collins-Canada’s First Lady of Jazz
• Vintage History – Barbara Ann Scott “Canada’s Sweetheart” on Figure Skates
• 1928-Canada’s First Female Olympic Medalists
• Vintage Canadian Actors and Actresses in Hollywood
• Mary Pickford-“Canada’s Sweetheart” of the Silver Screen
• Guy Lombardo-Canada’s Famous Big Band Leader
• Happy 90th Birthday to Queen Elizabeth the II
• Canada Celebrates Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee (70 Years on the Throne)
• The Women of Canada’s Heritage Minutes: 1900’s to the 1940’s

Canadian Women on the Homefront during WW2

• The Canadian “Rosie the Riveter”-Veronica Foster
• The Bomb Girls Of Scarborough, Ontario Canada-As Seen Thru Vintage Photographs from the 1940s
• Ruth Lowe-The Canadian Gal Behind “I’ll Never Smile Again”
• The Women of Canada’s Heritage Minutes: 1900’s to the 1940’s
• “The Battle of the Nylons” A look into Canadian Women’s Life, Post WW2
• Canada Celebrates V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) May 8th, 1945: The Vintage Photos
• ‘Little Blue Suitcase’ A Love Story from World War 2′ – Vintage Interview
• Remembrance Day-Roundup of Interesting Canadian WW2 Posts
• The Halifax, Nova Scotia Women Volunteers of WW2
• Vintage Photo Tuesday: Canadian Women on the Home Front during WWII
  • Vintage Photo Tuesday: WW2 Canadian Women on the Home Front (Part 2)
• Remembrance Day-Tale of the Canadian “Army Show”
• “WW2 Air Force Uniforms for Canadian Women”-Guest Blog Post
• Vintage Images of 1940s Canadian War Brides

Vintage Dance Halls in Canada

• The Palace Pier, A Vintage Dance Hall in Toronto Canada
• CNE Tent 
• Kenwick on the Lake 
• Port Dover Summer Garden

Visit Canada – Vintage Travel & Building History Posts

• See Canada by Train-Vintage Advertising
• Vintage Photo Tuesday: Visiting Niagara Falls, Canada
• Come Visit Canada! Vintage Travel Posters
• Vintage Travel To Do List: Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
• “Morgans Department Store”-Little bit of Canadian Vintage History
• Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion – A Grand Piece of Toronto History
• Vintage Glamour-The Historic Royal York Hotel, Toronto Canada
• The (Non Hockey) History of Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens-Pre 1970s

Miscellaneous Canada Posts

• Vintage Canadian Brand – Robin Hood Flour
• Vintage Canada: The Bill Lynch Travelling Carnival Show
• ‘Canada Dry’-Toronto’s Original Beverage and the Champagne of Ginger Ales
• The Vintage Advertising of a Canadian Beer Brand-Labatt’s
• The Vintage Advertising for Campbell’s Soup Company
• Highlights of a Canadian Eaton’s Catalogue, Fall/Winter 1940-1941
• Chatelaine-The Canadian Magazine for Women since 1928
  • 15 Fashion Tips from Chatelaine Magazine-June 1947
  • Chatelaine Magazine-March 1947: Charm Check-Up
• The Vintage Covers of the Canadian Tire Catalogue
• Happy Canada Day! Roundup of Interesting Posts about Vintage Canada
• Vintage Canada Roundup. Happy 150th Canada!

Vintage Toronto Posts

• Happy 184th Birthday Toronto! Souvenirs of Toronto’s Past
• Vintage Photo Tuesday: Toronto’s Meetings, Committees & Clubs
• Vintage Photo Tuesday: 1930’s Art Deco Toronto
• The Stylish Toronto of the 1940s
• The “Kitschy” 1950s Toronto Subway Song

Other Toronto Blog Posts

• Toronto Vintage Society: Pre-Opening Sneak Peak at Tatyana’s New Boutique
• Toronto Vintage Clothing Show-The Highlights
• Guest Blog Post Series-Canadian Vintage Inspiration
  • Canadian Vintage Inspiration-Guest Blog Post Pt 2
• A Peek Inside The MZTV Museum of Television & Archive
• Meet the Host Behind Zoomer Radio’s ‘Vintage Favourites’- Gene Stevens
  • The Vintage Side of Zoomer Radio + Boo Bash 2017
• Toronto’s “Rockin” Rockabilly Scene
• Bop n’ Bowl-Rockabilly Weekender in Toronto July 19th-21st, 2013
  • Toronto’s first Rockabilly “Bop n Bowl” Weekender Event
• Toronto’s “Rock-A-Billy Shake-Up!” March 14th, 2014
• Gatsby Garden Party
• Toronto Pin Up Fashion Store Celebrates 20 Years!
• Toronto Has A Vintage Soda Shop-Welcome “Bean and Baker Malt Shop”!
• Toronto’s Vintage and Retro Society’s “Tiki-Tacky Patio Party”
  • Tiki-Tacky Retro Patio Party-the review
  • Toronto Vintage Society-The Last Dance

World War 2 Women’s Contributions & Homefront Posts

Here at the Vintage Inn Blog, I have made it my mission to share stories of women’s contributions (Big focus on Canada but also beyond) during WW2 (the era I like on my blog).

Here is a collection of those vintage posts:

• 1940s Vintage Images of Canadian Women In Military Uniforms During WW2
• WW2 Air Force Uniforms for Canadian Women”-Guest Blog Post
• 1940s Magazine Covers of Women Doing Their Part During WW2
• The Bomb Girls Of Scarborough, Ontario Canada-As Seen Thru Vintage Photographs from the 1940s
• The Halifax, Nova Scotia Women Volunteers of WW2
• The Canadian “Rosie the Riveter”-Veronica Foster

• Canada’s WW2 Home Front Effort: The Small Arms Inspection Building
• “The Battle of the Nylons” A look into Canadian Women’s Life, Post WW2
• Ruth Lowe-The Canadian Gal Behind “I’ll Never Smile Again”
• Vintage Photos of Canadian Women on the Home Front during WWII
• Canadian Women on the Home Front During WW2 – Part 2

• Vintage Photos of Women of WW2: How Women Joined the War Effort
• Lets Play Ball! The All-American Girls’ Professional Baseball League
• ‘Little Blue Suitcase’ A Love Story from World War 2′ – Vintage Interview

• Vintage 1940s Images-Love in the Time of War
• Vintage Images of 1940s Canadian War Brides
• Tale of the Canadian Army Show
• Canada Celebrates V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) May 8th, 1945: The Vintage Photos

• Bomb Girls season 2 starts tonight!
• On March 8th-Help bring “Bomb Girls” to Netflix