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Vintage Photos of Women Who Wear Eyeglasses

As you know (or maybe are just finding out), I wear glasses and I have since I was in Grade 4.

I really like wearing glasses because I think they suit me and it’s exciting that glasses today come in cool vintage styles which go perfect with my look.

Liz from the Vintage Inn Blog-1950s / Pinup / Rockabilly Style.

It is because of being a glasses wearing gal that I wanted to do today’s ‘Vintage Photo Tuesday‘ post on “Women with Eyeglasses” from the 1920s-1960s. To simply showoff the beauty of wearing glasses (and not holding them like our lady friend in the first image below).

Lets begin the eyeglasses parade!


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Vintage Photos of Women with Eyeglasses

1920’s-1960’s

1940s vintage image of 2 women in front of house the one woman is holding her eyeglasses.
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The beautiful 1940s woman reminds me so much of Jessica from Chronically Vintage! Those who know Jessica, don’t you agree?

1940s vintage photo booth images of woman with glasses
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The 1920’s. The era of round frames. Super 1920s fashions on our ladies.

1920s vintage photo of stylish young women in 1920s dresses and 1920s hairstyles.
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1920s professional photo of a young woman with her fur, stylish 1920s dress and round eyeglasses.

YOUNG WOMAN PHOTO Portrait in Original Folder, Fur, Pearls, Elegant Dress, 1920's, Vintage Black and White Mounted Photography
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Are you looking for an example of 1920s hairstyles? Well all of the above apply but these 2 ladies both wearing similar eyewear have great hair.

1927 vintage image of two young women wearing glasses
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March 22nd, 1930. 3 young women photographed for the Continental Optical Company in Indianapolis.

THEIR HATS!!!! Drool.

pretty 1930s woman in eyeglasses and amazing late 1920s coats and late 1920s hats / early 1930s.
Source: Indiana History

1930’s mother and daughter photo booth image.

Further Reading: Vintage Photo Booth Images 1930s-1950s

Mother and Daughter Woman wearing Hat Girl wearing Glasses 1930s Photograph snapshot Vintage Souvenir Photo
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Oct 1942 – Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc., a woman is in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane (Source).

Further Reading: Vintage Photos of Canadian Women on the Home Front during WWII

1940s vintage image of a woman working in a plant during the war
Source: Flickr

1945-Life Magazine Image featuring a pretty 1940s hairstyle and 1940s eyewear.

1945 life magazine image of young woman wearing glasses
Source: Pinterest

Two adorable young women both wearing glasses pose in a canoe by the seaside. Love their 1940s summer fashions & our one ladies hair flower.

Further Reading: A vintage guide to 1940s Hair Accessories (includes hair flowers).

1940s vintage photo of two young women hanging out at the seaside in 1940s summer outfits and eyeglasses and 1940s hairstyles with a hair flower

Natalie Olmsted, District Recreation Supervisor, 1945. Those are some fantastic frames! They look checkered.

1940s vintage image of woman wearing glasses. The eyewear are checkered. Super 1940s hairstyle inspiration.
Source: Flickr

A coed on campus at Howard University wearing cat eye glasses in 1946.

A young Black woman on campus at Howard University wearing cat eyeglasses in 1946.

Source: Life Photo Collection

Smiling Young Lady Sitting On Car -1940s photo.

Smiling Young Lady Sitting On Car - Vintage 1940s Snapshot Photo
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Cute late 1940s / early 1950s photo of a young woman with gloves posing in her car.

1940s / 1950s vintage image of woman in a car wearing glasses
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1950’s. Cat Eye frames become a popular style as seen on our 1950s party goer.

Further Reading: Vintage Eyewear Advertising

1950s Snapshot Photo of Dreamy Eyed Woman in glasses
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Fun 1950s photobooth image with one girl wearing cat eye glasses.

vintage photo 1950s Photo Booth Cat Eye Glasses Young Girls
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LOVE these 1950s look of rolled up jeans, plaid shirt, cute short 1950s hairstyle and dark eyeglass frames.

Vintage Snapshot photo 1950 Cute Young Woman Cat Eye Glasses Rolled Blue Jeans Mid Centruy
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Early 1960’s Cool photo of a couple posing in their best 1960s outfits. Love her eyewear!

Original 1960's Young Black couple posing in their 1960s clothing for the photo.
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vintage comic strip about a girl wearing glasses 1940 1950s

QUESTION TIME: Do you wear glasses for necessity or for fun? Do you try to match them to your personality, your personal style or just whatever looks okay? Share in the comments below!

Further Reading: Vintage Photos 1920s-1960s (Archived blog post)

Liz

Vintage Photos of People in Front of their Homes

Have you ever noticed when browsing vintage photos, that there are many taken in the front of people houses, front steps or front doors? If not, then you will now (one of those glass shattering moments). I personally just noticed this while browsing Flickr the other day and I thought “why have I not seen this before?” And “why the house all the time?”. Intrigue set in and off I went to see what images I could find with this setting.

1950s vintage photo of a house.
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Here are some of the goodies I discovered…..

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Note: If the item you clicked on is no longer available, just do a search for like items. There are loads of vintage items being added to Etsy and eBay daily!

Vintage Photos 1920’s-1960’s

The Front of House Edition

1940s Photo: Doris & Phillis showing off their outstanding taste in 1940s hats. Wow!

1940s vintage photo of 2 women in 1940s dresses and 1940s hats posing for a picture in front of their house.
Source: Flickr

Proud Parents-1940s vintage photo (Amazing hair on this beautiful new mom).

1940s Vintage Image of husband and wife with baby.
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1950s Wedding Day photos at home with mom and sis. I love all the dresses in this photo, especially the sister on the right and of course our 1950s bride.

1950s vintage photo of a 1950s bride in her 1950s wedding dress with her sister in a sarong 1950s style dress and her mom.
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1956 photo of a pretty young women in a tulle 1950s dress posing the grass beside her house.

1950s vintage image of a young Black women in a 1950s Tulle dress laying in the grass in her front lawn

Cub scouts, on their way to a gathering-1960s vintage photo.

1960s vintage photo of 2 young boys in scount uniforms posing in front of their house.
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Three little girls all in a row -1920s photo.

1920s vintage image of 3 young children posing in front of their house.
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1960s Photo: Never leave home without making sure that the family is dressed to the nines. Fantastic early 1960s fashions for kids and our lovely mom.

1961 vintage family image featuring early 1960s fashions.
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Three sisters during WW2, all off to do their part for the war effort – 1940s Vintage Photo.

1940s vintage photo of 3 women, 1 in uniform and three fantastic 1940s hairstyles.
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1940s Vintage Photo: Heading out to lunch with friends with her curls protected by a hairscarf.

1940s vintage photo of a woman with her 1940s hairstyle covered by a hairscarf and in 1940s fashions.
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Stylish kids in training-1960s Photo. Can I have her purse?

1960s vintage photo of 2 kids dressed up to to an event.
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1920s fashion on display in this super 1920s photo. Love the Cloche hat!

1920s vintage photo of a young woman in 1920s fashions (1920s coat, and 1920s hat) posing in front of her house.
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Bob the hair and show off those ankles, it must be the 1920s! Fun 1920s fashions!

1920s vintage photo of two women in 1920s dresses and 1920s hairstyles posing in front of their house.
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I’m going to cheat a little bit with this last image as it’s not technically in front of the house, but I was in love with her 1940s skirt and just had to share. So marvelous! True vintage inspiration, right there. -1940s Photo-

1940s vintage photo of a young woman in a patterned 1940s skirt and blouse posing beside a house. Super 1940s fashion.
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Last thoughts: I think the pictures in front of houses are popular due to the house being the central area where family and life is and therefore making the home part of the family. What do you think?

Further Reading: Make sure you visit my archive of Vintage Photo blog posts HERE.

Liz 🙂