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Vintage Canada Roundup. Happy 150th Canada!

Vintage Postcard: Greetings from Canada

This Saturday marks Canada’s 150th Birthday and I’m so excited to be celebrating this special day with friends and family. It’s going to be a fantastic celebration.

In honour of Canada’s birthday I wanted to do a roundup of awesome Canadian vintage posts, images and items focusing on the years between 1940 and 1969 (my blogs favorite timelines).

Let the roundup begin!

Vintage Canada poster from the 1930s
Source: Flickr

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One of the main symbols of Canada is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP/The Mountie) and this rare 1950’s vintage needle sewing book with a Mountie on it, is a pretty outstanding find.

1950's Canada RCMP mounted police memorabilia needle book
Source: Etsy
Vintage Canada: 1950's Canada RCMP mounted police memorabilia needle bookinside
Source: Etsy

The Bill Lynch Show a carnival that was the largest in Canada during the 1940s.

Further Reading: A blog post I did all about the “Bill Lynch Travelling Carnival Show

1940s poster for Bill Lynch Canadian Carnival show

1954 Spring & Summer “Canadian Bride-The Bride Book”.

Summer is the perfect time to get married and if you really want to share the day, Canada Day is the day to do it on.

1954 Spring & Summer Canadian Bride - The Bride's Book. The cover features a bride in a 1950s wedding dress.
Source: Etsy

A good vintage tie is always something one should have in their closet and if it has a bit of Canadiana on it, even better. Here is a 1940’s Vintage tie featuring beautiful Jasper National Park Alberta.

Vintage 1940s Necktie Jasper National Park Alberta- 1940s Men's Fashion.
Source: Etsy

Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee scarf, 1950s.

Vintage Canada: Saskatchewan scarf 1950s
Source: Etsy

Vintage 1941 Montreal, Quebec Felt Banner (love this!).

vintage 1941 montreal felt banner
Source: Etsy

Interesting articles on Canada’s history (click on the links to be taken to the posts):

Molly Bobak’s War-For a time it had seemed that the only Canadian woman to be officially appointed as a war artist during World War II might not make it overseas at all. Article by Philip Jensen

1940s Vintage Photo: Lieutenant Molly Lamb painting, June1945 Canadian History
Source: National Archives of Canada / PA-113711

Spy School Secrets-The True Story Behind Camp X (where Ian Flemming, aka the creator of James Bond was one of the students). Text by Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids.

Camp x 1940s canadian spy camp
Image by Matt Dyck

The Mad Men of Expo 67 in Montreal Canada by Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau.

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The Women of Canada’s Heritage Minutes: 1900’s to the 1940’s by the Vintage Inn Blog (I went a few years earlier on this post).

Viola Desmond Heritage Minute

Clark’s Dairy milk delivery in Ottawa – Aug. 1959.

1950s Vintage Photo of Clark's Dairy milk delivery in Ottawa - Aug. 1959 featuring a woman in 1950s fashions and the milkman on his delivery.
Source: Flickr

Restaurant at Uplands Airport 1960 (Ottawa). Isn’t it so cool looking?

Restaurant at Ottawa, Canada Uplands Airport 1960. The vintage 1960s image features a diner with waitress and guests in 1960s fashions.
Source: Flickr

The original Mile “0” signpost in Dawson Creek, B.C., 1947.

1940s Vintage Photo: The original Mile 0 signpost in Dawson Creek, B.C. 1947

Two men and two women play a game of croquet at Braemar Lodge on Lake Ellenwood, Nova Scotia, 1950s.

Two men and two women play a game of croquet at Braemar Lodge on Lake Ellenwood, Nova Scotia / Deux hommes et deux femmes jouent une partie de croquet à l'auberge Braemar au lac Ellenwood (Nouvelle-Écosse)

Snowshoe Tournament, 1948.

1940s Vintage Photo of a Snowshoe Tournament in Ottawa, 1948.
Source: Flickr

1950’s Toronto featuring a TTC Bus and people walking on the street and waiting to get on. Cool photo!

1950s Toronto vintage image of a TTC bus with people

Sarnia, Ontario 1960. This is the city I was born and raised in till I moved to Toronto in my late 20’s.

Vintage Postcard Image of Sarnia Ontario, Canada main street in the 1960s. Postcard showcases classic cars

This post clearly did not touch on all of Canada (it’s so vast) but I hope you enjoyed what I did bring forward. And to all my Canadian Friends & Readers…HAPPY CANADA DAY!

FURTHER READING:

Liz

Vintage Photos Of The Social Dance

Spring has sprung here in Toronto and I know in many other places all over the world (thank goodness!). Hearing the word spring made me think of the themed dance ‘The Spring Fling’ and then I wanted to find all the photos related to this dance to share with all of you.

Well friends..I was out of luck, there really are no photos entitled “Spring Fling”. This really surprised me because I thought that this type of dance was popular in day’s gone by? Yes? No? If any of my readers have the answer please let me know in the comment section. So that said, for today’s Vintage Photo Tuesday we are going to just focus on images from the 1930’s-1950’s showcasing ‘The Social Dance’.

1930s  Vintage Dance Card 1939
Source: eBay

Let’s begin!

Social Dance Images from the 1930s-1950s

You cannot have a proper dance without the “King & Queen”, so I introduce to our lovely 1950’s couple who will oversee all the dances being shown today. They are joined by the “Duke”, the “Prince” and the “Princesses”.

Further Reading: Prom in the 1940s & 1950s

1950's Vintage Valentines Dance photo of the King & Queen of the dance and their group. 1950s fashions.
Source: Flickr-St. Mary’s Digital Archives

Oct 27th,1945 the Woody Herman Orchestra performs for eager dancers at Maple Leaf Gardens (Toronto). Dancers on the side of the stage and all the rest of the dancing seems to be happening further back (behind all the people watching).

1940s vintage photo of woody herman in 1945 at maple leaf gardens toronto playing for a big dance
Source: Toronto Archives

It’s the Simpson’s Teen-Town Time dance at Maple Leaf Gardens (1940’s) featuring Bobby Gimby (Toronto Orchestra Leader), Art Hallman (popular Canadian Tenor) and Ken Watts.

1940's Simpsons Sears Teen Town Time Dance at Maple Leaf Gardens - 1940s vintage photo
Source: Toronto Archives

“Dance with me”-1940s Photo.

Canadian Archives 1940's social dance vintage image
Source: Library and Archives Canada

Dancing close in a crowded Toronto dance hall in the 1940’s.

1940's toronto dance hall vintage image
Source: Library and Archives Canada

It’s Boogie Time (circa 1950’s)! Love this vintage photo of girls getting their Rock n Roll on!

1950's vintage image of women dancing at a social dance in 1950s fashions
Source: Library and Archives Canada

Sometimes social dancing also involves social standing and social sitting.

1940s vintage image of a group of women in 1940s fashions sitting on the side at a dance.
Source: Library and Archives Canada

1930’s social dance at the Transportation Building, Toronto, Canadian National Exhibition.

1930's social dance at the Transportation Building, Toronto Canadian National Exhibition
Source: Library and Archives Canada

The Calm before the Dance. This is earlier then the images from the 1930’s to the 1950’s that I’m focusing on today but it’s such a marvelous photo that I just had to share.

1910’s Dancing Pavilion at Bo-Lo, Bois Blanc Island, Detroit River.

1910's Dancing pavilion at Bo-Lo, Bois Blanc Island, Detroit River vintage image
Source: Library and Archives Canada

1940’s Canadian Highland Regiment soldier and beautiful woman share a dance together.

1940's Canadian Highland Regiment soldier and beautiful woman share a dance together.
Source: Library and Archives Canada

Emma Willard 1950’s School Dance.

1950's dance vintage image Emma Willard School -1950s social dance.
Source: Emma Willard School

1940’s social dance, view of the busy dance floor.

1940s vintage image: 1940's social dance, view of the busy dance floor.
Source: Library and Archives Canada

The Closeup of the dance mentioned above.

1940's swing dancing vintage image
Source: Library and Archives Canada

“Couldn’t We Keep on Dancing?”

Further Reading: Vintage Sheet Music from the 1940s

Couldn't We Keep on Dancing? From On with the Dance: Vocal Fox-trot
Source: Abebooks

Unfortunately we cannot keep on dancing, BUT I hope you enjoyed this week’s Vintage Photo Tuesday! VPT will be back in 2 weeks with another exciting group of images.

FURTHER READING:

Liz