This past Monday Toronto got hit with a huge snowstorm, 30 cms in my neck of the woods and some areas even saw 60 cms. Yooza!

With not much else to do then day sit around and watch the snow come down, I found myself dreaming about cozy and wonderful vintage sweaters, specifically Jantzen sweaters. I just love them! And as you will see from this blog post featuring vintage ads & some real life sweaters, you are going to know right away why that are so coveted by the vintage community (women & men!).

Let’s begin!

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Vintage Jantzen Sweater Advertising 1940s & 1950s

Plus Real Life Examples of the Sweaters

1947 Jantzen sweater ad featuring…’The Ski-Queen’; ‘Antarctic’; Jewel Box’; ‘Tee-up’; ‘Polar Beer’; ‘Arctic’. Perfect gifts for those who you want to be friends for life with!

1940s Vintage Ad: 1940s Jantzen Sweaters vintage fashion ad featuring men and women sweaters.

Source: eBay

Now here is the Polar Bear sweater..LOVE IT!

I just love seeing the sweaters in “real life” as opposed to an illustration.

1940s Jantzen sweater featuring polar beers and penguins. Super 1940s fashion.

Source: Etsy

“Warm their hearts with a Jantzen Original”. 1940s vintage ad featuring warm & rugged sweaters for men and women (1940s airplane design for our guy & reindeers & snow for our lovely lady).

1940s Vintage ad: 1940s vintage Jantzen sweater ad for men & womens sweaters. Sweaters featuring a 1940s airplane and the other reindeers and snow.

Source: Pinterest

The airplane sweater features an amazing P-38 Lightning WWII Fighter Jet with a background of parachutes. It is incredible (as seen on Etsy but no longer avail)!

1940s Fashion: 1940s Jantzen sweater. The airplane sweater features an amazing P-38 Lightning WWII Fighter Jet

Source: Etsy

Here is an example of that cute 1940s Jantzen Wool Knit Sweater featuring reindeers and snow.

1940s Fashion: 1940s Jantzen Wool knit sweater with reindeers and snow.

Source: eBay

Looking for a downhill, cross country skiing or just a Après-Ski look? Then here you go!

“One day soon Jantzen will be making enough of these wonderful sweaters, so that you can have as many as you want.” During war-time, people experienced shortages and limited quantities of all sorts of things. Illustrator Pete Hawley used a little humor in this 1940s ad to hint at the fact that better times were ahead for young people (Source).

1940s Vintage Ad: 1940s vintage Jantzen sweater ad featuring sweaters for skiing. 1940s fashion.

Source: Etsy

I found the Totem pole sweater on eBay (avail as of October 2022 HERE).

1940’S “JANTZEN” TOTEM POLE DESIGN. Men's 1940s Sweater. 1940s Winter fashion.

Source: eBay

I also found “Touche” on Etsy (now sold).

1940s Fashion: Vintage 1940s / 1950s “Jantzen” Black Wool Turtleneck Rockabilly Sweater.

Source: Etsy

1948 sweater ad. Jantzen sweaters are made from 100% virgin worsted wool and “couldn’t be better looking!“.

1940s Vintage Ad: 1948 Jantzen Sweater Fashion Ad featuring an illustration of a couple kissing while holding a Merry Xmas sign and wearing Jantzen Sweaters.

Date night at the Carnival! 1947 magazine advertisement for Jantzen sweaters (for women and men).

“Everyone looks so wonderful, smug and rich, too, in a Jantzen sweater.”

1940s Vintage Ad: 1947 Magazine advertisement for Jantzen Sweaters. Ad features men and women 1940s Sweaters.

Source: eBay

I really do enjoy the sweaters with images on them, like this 1940s Jantzen novelty knit two-tone Panther sweater. So cool! (avail as of October 19th, 2022 HERE)

1940s Fashion / 1940s Vintage Sweater: Vintage 1940s Jantzen Novelty Knit Two-Tone Panther Sweater

Source: Etsy – Expovintage

1940s Sportswear Jantzen ad.

“Gay Jantzen Originals–for those hey-days when you recess from your busy daily routine. They brighten the winter scene–heighten your winter morale……..”

Popular sweater patterns including “The Snow Deer” and “Warbirds” are modeled in the illustration (Source).

1940s Vintage Ad: 1940s vintage fashion ad for Jantzen sportswear featuring men and womens sweaters.

Source: Etsy

“Be a “wonderful giver” and give them a Jantzen sweater. Classic sweater styles of the 1940’s are shown in this vintage advertisement.

1940s vintage ad for Jantzen sweaters. 1940s fashions for women.

Source: Etsy

Jantzen 1955 fashion ad for Jantzen sweaters featuring… “Smooth is the look, the feel of new JANFLEECE“. I’m loving the 1950s looks we have going on in this advertisement.

1950s Vintage Ad: Jantzen 1955 Fashion Ad for Jantzen sweaters featuring fun 1950s fashions for men and women.

Source: Pinterest

1950s Vintage Ad featuring the 1955 Professional Football All-Stars. “Gift-wrap your guy in a Jantzen All-Star Sweater”.

1950s vintage sweater ad for Jantzen sweaters featuring 1950s mens fashionable sweaters

Source: Pinterest

1950s Jantzen ad featuring “Nylofleece” the finest wool and nylon.

1950s Vintage Ad: 1950s Jantzen sweater ad featuring sweaters for men. 1950s mens fashion ad.

Source: Retro Adverto

1950s Jantzen pink pullover knitwear sweater, so cute! (avail as of Oct 19th, 2022 HERE)

Yes it has short sleeves, but it was too darn cute to not share. Add a cardigan over top to make it more winter appropriate (like in the ad above).

1950s Fashion / 1950s Winter Fashion: 1950s Jantzen pullover wool knit knitwear sweater short in pink

Source: Etsy-Rubymaerose

Keep warm with not only sweaters but also skirts and socks (sox). I love a good sweater skirt! 1950s vintage ad.

1950s Jantzen sweaters skirts and socks 1950s vintage ad 1950s fashion

Source: Pinterest

Question time: What was your favourite ad or sweater? Do you own a Jantzen sweater? Share anything you wish to chat about in the comments section below.

Thanks for stopping by!

FURTHER READING:

Collection of Vintage Fashion Blog posts 1920s-1960s
Vintage Advertising 1920s -1960s (Archived Blog Posts)

Liz

Right now on social media the “Ten Year Challenge” is trending. What did you look like 10 years ago vrs today. This trend then sprung an idea into my head! What if I were to look at a vintage yearbook photos from a COLLEGE Freshman’s first year vrs their last year (Senior year) and share it here?

Well friends, you are in luck! I have found some fun examples from the 1920s to the late 1960s that I’m sharing with you right now (and then maybe some more in a future post).

Let the fun begin!

(Note: All photos are from North Carolina Yearbooks-DigitalNC)

Freshman vrs Senior Year (1920s-1960s)

The Vintage Yearbook Photos

Here we have Freshman Alice Langston in the 1947 ‘Pine Knot’ yearbook at Barton College.

1940s vintage yearbook photo of a young woman in 1947

Now here is Alice as a Senior in 1950 with shorter hair (a very fashionable cut) and a more grown up look.

1950 vintage yearbook of a senior college student with a 1950s short hairstyle.

One more from Barton….Freshman Darlene Tucker in the 1947 ‘Pine Knot’ yearbook at Barton College.

1940s Vintage Yearbook photo of a young woman in a 1947 yearbook

Here is Darlene in 1950. Look at all those clubs and positions she was part of. Good for her! AND can we talk about how adorable Darlene is?

1950 Vintage Yearbook photo of a young woman with a 1950s hairstyle.

Yvonne Scruggs-Treasurer for the Freshman class of 1952 at North Carolina Central University. Seen in “The Eagle” yearbook (I love her necklace!).

1950s vintage yearbook photo of a young pretty Black woman in college as the freshman treasurer

Here is Yvonne in 1955 in her graduation Senior yearbook photo. What an active 4 years she had.

1950s vintage yearbook photo of a young Black Woman graduating from college.

Freshman Treva Miller in the 1941 ‘Sights & Insights’ yearbook from Salem College. Great necklace Treva!

1940s Vintage Hairstyle as seen on a freshman student in a 1941 yearbook

By Senior year (1944), Treva knew how to tame those beautiful curls and became the top of her class in Home Economics (I don’t know this part as a fact but it felt fun to throw in).

1940s vintage photo from a 1941 vintage yearbook featuring a female senior college student.

Hermenia Fitts as a Freshman in 1946 seen in the ‘Maroon & Gray’ yearbook from North Carolina Central University.

1940s Vintage Yearbook from 1946 of a young Black Woman as a freshman in her college

Hermenia Fitts class of 1949 in Commerce and she even made Homecoming Court Royalty. What a smart beauty who had quite the glow up!

1940s Vintage Yearbook from 1949 of a young Black Woman as a senior in her college

In 1935 at Appalachian State University, Fred Moore was starting out as a Freshman (‘The Rhododendron’ 1935 yearbook).

1930s vintage yearbook photo of a freshman student 1930s mens fashion

By 1938, Fred was now going as ‘Frederick Daniel Moore’ and he graduated with a degree (diploma?) in History and Physical Education.

1930s vintage yearbook photo from 1938 of a College Senior Man.

Stella Tilley also attended with Fred. Here is her 1935 Freshman yearbook photo.

1930s vintage yearbook photo of a freshman girl in college. 1930s vintage hairstyle inspiration.

Stella in 1938 is now a Grammar Grade Education Grad with the prettiest crown of curls.

1930s vintage yearbook photo featuring a 1930s vintage hairstyle.

One last one from ‘The Pine Knot’ (Barton College) this time from 1939. The start of WW2. The Freshman yearbook pages were filled with happy young men, like Gordon Aldridge (well maybe not Gordon).

1939 vintage yearbook photo of a young man in his Freshman year of college.

By 1942 there is only a small amount of young men in the Senior photos. Gordon is still with us and supplying us with a lovely smile for his Senior photo this time around.

1942 vintage yearbook photo of a young man in his Senior year of College

Paulette Grant-1963 Freshman at Bennett College as seen in the ‘Bennett Belle’ yearbook.

1960s vintage yearbook photo of a young Black woman freshman in college

Here is Paulette…all grownup and graduating in 1966.

1960s Vintage Yearbook photo of a young Black Woman in College in her Senior Photo

Hope you enjoyed this fun post! Share in the comments section which student Freshman vrs Senior photos ws your favourite.

Oh for those who were curious about the 10 year challenge photo, here is what I posted on Instagram. 2012 Liz vrs 2022 Liz. Just a few changes!

Vintage Style as seen at the Vintage Inn Blog

Thanks for dropping by!

Further Reading:

Liz

Tag: 1950’s

“Jantzen Makes the Finest Sweaters”-1940s & 1950s Vintage Jantzen Ads

Vintage Jantzen Sweater Advertising 1940s & 1950s

Plus Real Life Examples of the Sweaters

Vintage Yearbook Photos – Freshman vrs Senior Year (1920s-1960s)

Freshman vrs Senior Year (1920s-1960s)

The Vintage Yearbook Photos