Spring has officially arrived and I am so ready for a change in temp. I used to love winter but as I have gotten older, it’s been pushed to the back. I’m just tired of being cold, bundling up in 60 million items of clothes (okay a total exaggeration but sometimes it feels that way), and I miss all the beauty of trees and flowers in bloom. I’m just tired of it. AND I would not be a true Canadian if I did not complain about it, ha!
For today’s post I wanted to cheer myself up and maybe some of my readers who are in the same boat and share some lovely Vintage Spring magazine covers and advertisements.
Ready Friends? Lets Polka into Spring!
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Vintage Spring Advertising
1940’s & 1950’s
June 1950 vintage ad – “Spring is Motorola Portable Radio Time”.
April Showers-1944 Saturday Post. Illustration by Alex Ross.
Scary clown alert! Thanks 1950’s Texaco, now I won’t be sleeping for a month but I will remember to take my car in for a spring check-up.
Spice Berry Layer Cake recipe from “Woman’s Day” magazine-April 1956. This is so spring! The ad is right!
This ad is actually from 1938, but the desserts (for different kinds of Shortcake) look so yummy and the ad is all about “Spring” that I thought you would forgive me for adding it. Crisco Shortening Ad – 1932 From the May 1932 issue of Better Homes & Gardens.
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Easter was traditionally a time, when women and men donned their best “Easter Bonnet“
1930s Catalog Page: “Spring Begins with a New Hat!”. Which one would you chose?
Stetson Hats 1940s vintage ad.
April 1944 cover of Harper’s Bazaar Magazine. “Spring Beauty”.
April, 1947 Life Magazine Cover featuring two young women holding spring flowers wearing 1940s hairstyles.
Life Magazine Ford Advertisement from 1947. It features the latest Ford Sedan (I will take 2 please).
1950’s rain gear for the whole family! For more images like this, check out my blog post “What to wear when it’s Raining“.
Women’s “Spotlight on Prints” Dresses-Sears & Roebuck Spring and Summer Catalog from 1938.
Ahhh I feel so much better, after putting together this blog post and I’m ready to put this winter behind me. How about you? What is your favourite season? Share in the comments below, I love when my readers reach out.
FURTHER READING: Vintage Advertising 1920s-1960s (Archived Blog Post)
Have a great day!
Liz
Great pix. Look at the shoes on the last one! WOW! Love the red, white & blue sandal heels. So cute. Okay, I’m going to admit, the clown is a little scary. Did you throw that in to see if we were paying attention? LOL!
I might of Tam lol! I had to share the clown it was to ridiculous not too lol!
I love the outfit in the April showers picture. Those gloves are super. I like Autumn the best, all the colours and the light. Spring is my next favourite though.
Autumn is the best. Woo hoo! Spring is my favourite just as it turns warm and then I’m over it lol! but summer is my truly second for me. I like it HOT!