This Sunday is Father’s Day so I thought I would share with you some vintage images of dads from the 1930s-1950s. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!
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Vintage Images of Dads 1930s – 1950s
Play time with dad! Lovely family photograph with a little girl and her daddy, circa 1940’s/1950’s.
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Dad with his boys circa 1940s.
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Father’s Day Photo: 1920s-1930s group photo of dad’s with their kids.
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1950s dad with all of his cute adorable kids. The father’s emerging smirk on his face makes me giggle.
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Gail and Bill-1940s. Ahhhh what a cute photo of a father with his little girl on his shoulder.
There is a women’s lifestyle magazine in Canada that I really enjoy reading called ‘Chatelaine‘, which has been in publication since 1928, yes you heard that right…1928. That is a fantastic achievement and I applaud their savy business sense to remain so popular over all these years.
Today’s post I wanted to show off some of the fantastic vintage covers that they have had since the late 1920s up to early 1950s and give you a brief overview of the history of the magazine.
Chatelaine-The Canadian Magazine for Women since 1928
The Brief History of Chatelaine:
Chatelaine was first published in March 1928. It was created by the Maclean Hunter Publishing Company as a means to reach a different demographic than its other publications, Maclean’s and the Financial Post.
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It’s title refers to the ring of keys which housewives long ago would use to get into every part of the house. The winning name was chosen from 75,000 entries and the winner ( A rancher’s wife from Eburne, British Columbia) won, $1000 cdn.
Chatelaine’s original price was ten cents per copy, and this price did not change until 1950, when it increased to fifteen cents (source).
The magazine never shied away from controversy and important subjects for women. Topics like:
An article in December 1929 entitled “Now That Women Are Persons, What’s Ahead?”, that was based on the Persons Case—a famous Canadian constitutional case that decided that women were eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate.
In its first years, the magazine served as a sounding board for women at the end of the first wave of feminism. In 1928 and 1929, article topics included panic over the rising divorce rate, “Wages and Wives” (April 1929), and the high maternal mortality rate in rural Canada (July 1928).
However during the 1930s, the magazine became less political. Popular parts of the magazine included monthly budget meal plans and romantic fiction.
WW2, the mag participated in the media and propaganda frenzy by publishing cover images of young women in uniform, working on farms, and contributing to the war effort.
In the 60s early 1970s there were articles about the pill, sex and women’s rights (source).
In the past, the magazine has named a Woman of the Year, honouring a Canadian woman for her achievements in the previous year. Honorees have included Prime Minister Kim Campbell.
The Vintage Chatelaine Magazine Covers (some of my favorites):
August 1929-1920s Fashion on display.
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August 1932. Can I have all the outfits in this image?
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August 1938-“What did your husband give up for marriage?” This is the less political time in the magazines career.
