First up…it should be noted that this is officially my 100th post! WOW I’m impressed with myself that I have managed to find 100 things to write-up in my short time in the blogging world lol! High five to me AND Most importantly High Five to all you fabulous readers! Thank you Thank you Thank you for sticking around and making this not a chore but totally fun to write for.

Now without further adieu, here is my 100th post!

Happy Mother’s day to every mother far and wide AND to my amazing and outstanding mother-Sue.

Now here are some images of Mothers from the 1940 & 1950s for your viewing pleasure on this gorgeous day.

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Vintage Mother’s Day

Vintage Photos of Mothers & their Kids from the 1940’s & 1950’s

1940s Photo: I just love the two ladies here. They look adorable on the lawn with their wee little ones.

1940s vintage photo of 2 mothers on the front lawn with their kids

Source: Flickr

1950s Photo: I love the style this mother has. Look at those shoes!

1950s photo of a 1950s mother with 2 kids in front of car vintage photo in colour happy mothers day

Source: Flickr

1950s Photo: Cute young mother with her child, standing in front of a business, posing for the camera.

1950s Vintage Photo of a young Asian mother in 1950s fashion holding her daughter.

Source: Etsy

1950s Photo: I adore the cute summer top/swim top this mother is wearing.

1950s vintage photo of a mother on the couch with her baby happy mothers day

Source: Flickr

1950s Photo: Check out those Sunglasses! And the adorable little girl..LOVE!

1950s mother dressed in 1950s fashion with her daughter vintage photo

Source: Flickr

This is an image I found on Flickr of a family. Love the style these women have. I want every piece show here. From left: owner of pictures mother, her cousins Muriel and Audrey, her aunt Dora, picture owners grandmother and aunt Chickie, circa early 1940s.

1940s vintage photo of a group of young women and their mothers in amazing 1940s dresses, 1940s accessories, 1940s Hats and 1940s hairstyles posing for a photo together.

Source: Flickr

1950s Mom and her son on the front step sof their house. That skirt is wonderful.

1950s mother in a 1950s skirt with her son on the front step vintage photo mothers day

Source: Flickr

July 1959: Photo of a mother and her two kids posing on a diving board at the motel at Disneyland (description on the back of the photo).

1950s vintage photo of a mother with her two kids posing on a diving board in 1950s swimsuits. July 1959: at the motel at Disneyland

Source: Etsy

Beautiful generation of ladies from 1940s. The youngest mother has the best playsuit. It just looks wonderful on her.

1940s vintage photo of 3 women and a little child 1940s fashion mothers da

Source: Flickr

Further Reading:

Mother’s Day Vintage Advertising
Vintage Photos for Mother’s Day:
- Vintage Photos of Mother’s 1940s & 1950s
- Vintage Photos of Moms 1920s-1950s Part 2
Vintage Photo Tuesday-Collection of vintage image blog posts from the 1920s to the 1960s

Happy Mothers day, mothers everywhere!

Liz

Hello Friends! I hope you had a marvelous weekend, I know I did as it was my birthday on May 4th. It was filled with friends, food, drinks and marvelous time with my husband. I was truly spoiled and want to do it again! But I have to wait another year so now it’s back to normal life, which means back to my blog I go!

The last time we left off I just wrote about Day 1 & 2 of my Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly weekend adventures, so now we are at the Friday of the event….POOL TIME!

Viva used to have just one pool party with bands, vintage swimsuit contests on the Sunday but due to popularity (always a lineup to get in) they have added a party each day of the event. We could not attend the Sunday pool party due to Toronto’s very own “Millwinders” being on right in the middle of the party, so we decided to make Friday our pool day.

The day started out cold, windy and dreary and we were positive that it was going to be a miserable day.

As you can see below there is no sun to be seen.

But then the clouds went away and the sun came out and that is when the party started. Like this lovely couple doing some dancing, how fun!

See happy smiling faces all around.

Side note about my vintage swimsuit. It is a “Ceeb of Miami” and I purchased it at Cabaret here in Toronto. The suit was in mint condition and I was super excited when it fit me like a glove. Next year I hope to enter it into the vintage swimsuit contest.

Men’s Vintage Swimsuit Contest-Winners

Photo credit: Monqiue Rondeau’s FB post in Viva Las Vegas 17 Vintage Swimsuit Contest

We ended up spending most of the day by the pool because they had a band, vintage mens swimsuit contest seen above (my vote was for the guy who looked like Clark Kent ) and lots and lots of great vintage looks to check out. You were never bored, not possible. Plus I got to hang with these lovely ladies for the afternoon and that is never a bad thing.

Now if the pool was not your thing you could of gone bowling.

Photo credit: Dean Villafuerte

Or you could of taken a Jive lesson if dancing is something you enjoy.

Photo credit: Dean Villafuerte

But for me and the gang it was pool day.

After we were done at the pool we all scattered to get food and then quickly changed so we could check out another Canadian band called “The Shakedown Combo“, a Rockabilly band/family from Nova Scotia. I have heard then before at the East End Rockabilly Riot right here in Toronto and I loved them a lot so I was looking forward to their show.

Here I am getting ready (only picture of me that night).

Photo credit: Dean Villafuerte

Shakedown Combo: Mother sings, father pays guitar and daughter bass….awesome!

If you get a chance to see this band live..do! They put on quite a show.

Sadly just after this show finished I got dreadfully ill which we later realized was food poisoning and the rest of my evening looked like this…

Absolutely nothing…sigh.

I heard that the evening was amazing though and the band my husband saw at 2am in the ballroom “Pat Capocci and Band” was really good and apparently my kind of sound (of course). So since I did not get to see them I’m going to end this post with a video of them at Viva so we can enjoy them together.