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Category: 1950’s

1950s Fashion, 1950s History, 1950s Parties, 1950s Music, 1950s Photos


Apr
2016

“The Wedding Gift That Keeps on Giving”- Vintage Ads for the Future Bride

categories: 1940s, 1950's, Vintage Advertising, Wedding

Today is my husband and I’s 4 year wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary to the most wonderful man on earth, who I know reads my blog when I remind him (Right now as he reads this I can hear him say “I read it without you telling me too”. Okay dear.. lol!). 4 years has gone by so fast and it feels like just yesterday we were walking down the aisle towards each other to begin our life together. Jay is the love of my life and I’m very lucky to have him in my life (See our vintage wedding HERE).

Okay okay! enough with the romance 🙂 Time for my blog post.

Keeping with the Wedding theme, I wanted to share some vintage ads from the 1940s & 1950’s that would have been directed right at the future bride. Keeping in mind that we are talking about a different time here, so the ads will feature mostly domestic items and outdated advertising.

Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy , eBay, are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 

Vintage Ads for the Future Bride -1940s & 1950s

1940s Vintage Ad: First up to ensure you even get married, you need to wash with ‘Woodbury Soap’, like our Toronto bride has done in the ad below.

1945 Woodbury Soap Bridal Kiss Advertisement featuring a bride and her Canadian Soldier.
Source: Etsy

Or maybe Camay is more your kind of soap. “Watch you skin grow lovelier with your first cake of Camay!”

1940s Vintage Camay Ad-1940s Beauty ad featuring an illustration of a 1940s Bride throwing her bouquet to her bridesmaids.

This pre-WWII ad invites young brides or brides-to-be to consider their sheet selection carefully before guests critique their home.

1940s vintage ad for sheets featuring a bride in her wedding dress and 1940s hairstyle.
Source: Etsy

“Shower the bride with PYREX Ware!” 1950s Vintage ad.

1950s vintage ad: Pyrex magazine ad from the 1950s. Shower the bride with Pyrex!
Source: Flickr

Silverware is a MUST purchase for the future brides home in 1949.

1940s Vintage ad: 1949 Community Silverplate Silverware vintage ad featuring a 1940s bride.
Source: Etsy

For the young lady with a dream! 1945 Holmes Edwards Sterling Ad.

1940s Vintage ad: 1945 Holmes Edwards Sterling Ad - 1940s Engaged Bride to Be
Source: Etsy

Set for a lifetime with Melmac! “Lucky Bride and Lucky Bridegroom too”. 1940s vintage ad.

1940s Melmac vintage ad featuring a young bride opening up her wedding present and receiving Melmac dishes.
Source: eBay

Lastly lets not forget about the ads that are about your look for that special day.

The 1950s Wedding Dress is stunning! 1956 Alexandrine ad.

1950s Vintage ad: 1956 Alexandrine ad featuring a bride wearing a 1950s wedding gown.
Source: Flickr

The Ring. “Your Keepsake……forever”.

1950 ad for wedding ring featuring an illustration of a bride and groom in their wedding outfits.
Source: pzrservices.typepad

The Scent-1948 Avon Comestics Ad.

1940s Vintage Ad: 1948 avon cosmetics magazine ad featuring an illustration of a 1940s Bride in her 1940s Wedding dress.
Source: Flickr

The lipstick that stays married to your lips. THINK PINK! 1950s vintage ad.

1950s vintage lipstick ad for pink lipstick featuring a bride in her 1950s wedding dress being carried by her groom.

And our last ad…. the ultimate guide for every future bride in the 1950s….Fuller Brush Presents: ‘What every bride should know’

Ohhhh what do you think it said inside?

1950s vintage ad: 1950’s Fuller Brush advertisement -'What every bride should know'. Ad features a mother talking to her daughter who is in a 1950s wedding dress.
Source: Tumblr

As you can see, it truly was a different time when these ads were created, and I’m very glad personally that these ads and the futures of young ladies today is very different.

Have a wonderful day friends!

FURTHER READING:

Vintage Wedding Dress Shopping: I have created a collection of Vintage Wedding Dresses on Etsy that is perfect for one’s upcoming wedding (updated monthly).

Liz


Mar
2016

My Favorite Vintage Pinterest Content-Feb/Early March Edition

categories: 1940s, 1950's, vintage History, vintage images

Opps I did it again, I missed a few months of sharing my favorite things from Pinterest with you (I been so busy lately). Well don’t fear friends, all my favorite vintage images, vintage outfits and other vintage goodies are here today for your viewing pleasure.

Lets spy on my online finds….

Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy , eBay & Unique Vintage are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 

Collection of Vintage Images, Advertisements, Fashons and more as seen on Pinterest

1950s vintage photo of three women in 1950s fashions.

I recently stumbled up this fantastic set of vintage booklets every college student at Oregon State College (now University) in Corvallis would have needed to know, on where to go, what to do and how to behave in the 1930’s and 1940’s. I especially adore the “Save your Blushes. A guide to Campus Etiquette”. Which features info about table manners, dating, gossip, living with others, bad language, smoking, parties, and everything that comes up in college (in 1939).

Further Reading: Vintage School Posts 1920s-1960s (archived blog posts)

Vintage college student memorabilia handbooks campus etiquette dance card Oregon State University OSU 1930s 1940s
Source: Etsy-velvetonthepage

Meet the “Electronic Wonder-Bertie the Brain”, arguably the world’s first arcade game, at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) in 1950.

Further Reading:

Bertie the Brain, arguably the world's first arcade game, at the CNE in 1950.
Source: BlogTO

Also at the CNE Grounds in 1954, the Famous ‘Striporama’!

1950s vintage photo of the Striporama, Burlesque show at the Toronto CNE in 1954.
Source: CNE Heritage

The ‘Apron Club’. And on a personal level, I need to join this club. I have so many vintage aprons that I have collected over the years I need to show them off to someone. Where is my time machine?

BTW…Make sure you check out my blog post on School Clubs HERE.

Vintage Photo..The Apron Club..1950's Original Photo, Old Photo Snapshot, Vernacular Found, Americana Everyday Life
Source: Pinterest

Last week I attended an event at City Hall all about a top-secret munitions plant during WW2 outside the city limits of Toronto in the rural community of Scarborough called GECO. 17,000 women worked there during the war and the fantastic Barbara Dickson has spent years writing a book all about these “Bomb Girls” of Toronto (avail for purchase). It was an extremely interesting event and I look forward to reading more about these woman.

Below is an image of ‘Miss GECO Finalist Phyllis Topping’ (I’m going to guess that is the first woman).

Check out my blog post on the GECO Women HERE.

GECO-Toronto Bomb Girls Miss GECO
Source: Barbara Dickson

Milk does a body good 🙂 Toronto Mayor Hiram E. McCallum and Ice Follies performers drink milk at civic reception, Old City Hall. LOVE those leopard print jackets!

1950s vintage photo: Toronto Mayor Hiram E. McCallum and Ice Follies performers drink milk at civic reception, Old City Hall. LOVE those leopard print jackets!
Source: Historicist

Mandatory reading for some of the women in college in the 1940s: A Vintage 1940s Secretary School Books Set Of Two 1942 Typewriting Technique And 1943 Secretarial Practice For Colleges.

Vintage 1940s Secretary School Books Set Of Two 1942 Typewriting Technique And 1943 Secretarial Practice For Colleges Mad Men Office
Source: Etsy

Looking for the next vintage outfit? Here is a collection of goodies I have pinned recently.

1940s peplum dress with Horses, Elephants and Soldiers. I would LOVE to know the history on this piece.

1940s peplum vintage dress novelty -1940s fashion.
Etsy-FabGabs

Spring is around the corner and this 1930s vintage gown would be perfect to ring in that special day. Isn’t it gorgeous?!

1930s fashion: Vintage 1930s Bias Cut Floral Silk Gown Backless Maxi Dress
Source: The Best vintage Clothing

Vintage 1950’s dress …stunning FRANK STARR ORIGINAL.

1950s Fashion: Vintage 1950's dress ...stunning FRANK STARR ORIGINAL
Source: Pinterest

I LOVE this 1950s sweater top and skirt combo and I wish it was in my size. Perfect for a night out.

1950s fashion: 1950's Wool and Angora Striped Sweater Set Top and Pencil Skirt
Source: Etsy-Atomicblondevintage

I just finished watching Season 2 of ‘Agent Carter’ and this 1940s dress reminds me of something she would wear.

1940s Fashion: Vintage 1940's Dress // 30s 40s Hot Pink Bombshell Rayon Dress with Rhinestone Studded Appliqués
Source: Etsy-TrueValueVintage

And there we have it friends, some of favorite vintage Pinterest pins from the last 2 ‘ish’ months.

Did you have a favorite from the batch posted here?

Further Reading:

Liz