1950s & 1960s Vintage Vacation Photos: From sandy beaches to historic landmarks, each photograph tells a unique story and I am excited to share them with you today!

NOTE: This post is a part 4 of a series I started, which you can check out below.

Say Cheese! 1960s vintage photo of a couple taking pictures with their camera's while on vacation with dark skies behind them.

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Liz Note: I’m off to Spain next week with the hubby to meetup with friends who are there for work and I cannot wait. Follow me on Instagram to see all the sunny fun!

1950s vintage vacation photo of a group of people posing in front of a large mountain covered in snow.

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1950s & 1960s Vintage Vacation Photos

1960s vintage photo: Visit to Bermuda must include everyone picking up the same souvenir purses – March 1960. How cute are these ladies?

1960s vintage vacation photo of 3 stylish Black Women holding Bermuda souvenir straw purses

Source: Etsy-JakeRoebucks

The next two images are from Vogue France, featuring vintage vacation photos from Capri Italy (technically set in the 1940s, but close enough to the 1950s for this post).

1940s photo (Ralph Crane): Three people lounging in a stunning Capri garden complete with a beautiful floral wall and a cute Patio Furniture set in 1949.

1940s vintage photo of a 3 people sitting in a garden by a large patio umbrella in Capri Italy in 1949. Vintage Vacation Photo

The Streets of Capri, 1958. OMG the Clothes are stunning!

P.S. Do you spot the 1950s circle skirt? I JUST did a post on Juli Lynne Charlot-The Creator of the Poodle Skirt / Circle Skirt so it’s cool to see the trend in Italy.

1950s vintage vacation photo of a street seen in 1958 of Capri Italy featuring people walking around in 1950s fashions.

Pool time! 1950s vintage photo of a woman in an adorable 1950s swimsuit posing at the pool at her Florida hotel.

Further Reading: Vintage Images of Swimming Pool Life!

1950s vintage photo of a woman in a 1950s bathing suit posing at her Florida hotel pool -vintage vacation photo & 1950s fashion

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At one time souvenir photos were very popular, like this one from the 1960s for ‘Gold Coast Cruises’ (Miami Beach, Florida).

Further Reading: Vintage 1950s Travel Brochures & Pamphlets

1960s vintage souvenir photo for Gold Coast Cruises featuring an image of a Black Woman happily posing on the boat while on vacation. Fun vintage vacation photo.

1960s vintage souvenir photo for Gold Coast Cruises -Vintage Travel Brochure

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1954 Guanajuato Mexico. A woman in an pretty 1950s dress, poses casually on a wall.

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1960s Photo: Were you really at ‘Mohave Point’ if you never took a picture at Mohave Point (Grand Canyon)? This 1960s couple did and even styled their outfits to match. Ha!

1960s vintage photo of a couple on vacation and posing at the Mohave point sign in 1960s fashions. -Vintage Vacation photo-

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1950s photo: When your on vacation eating food you don’t typically eat at home is a big thing people do, like our 1950s family below. They are enjoying a wonderful buffet on their family vacation in a tropical location (cute Hawaiian shirt on our young man).

1950s vintage photo of a family on vacation eating at the buffet in 1950s fashions. Fun vintage vacation photo

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1950s / 1960s vintage photo of a family vacation to visit the USS Constellation Baltimore MD historic ship.

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Fun vacation photo from August 1954 of a group of people posing in front of the Pan-Am Hotel & Motel Apts.

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Thanks for dropping by! Please share any thoughts on this topic in the comments section below. I love hearing from my readers.

Further Reading:

Viva La Espana! Vintage Travel Posters For Spain
Vintage Travel Posts 1920s-1960s (Archived posts)
Vintage Photos 1920s-1960s (Archived posts)

Liz

Happy Valentine’s Day to all those who are celebrating!

Today’s blog post is a collection of vintage Valentine’s Day photos, images, magazine covers, greeting cards and vintage advertising.

Let the romance begin!

1950s vintage photo of a 1950s Valentines Day Dance featuring 2 couples sitting together in 1950s fashions with Valentine decorations on the wall.

Photo: Taking a break for a chat at the dance.

Further Reading: Vintage Valentines Day 1920s-1960s Archived blog posts

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The Valentine’s Day Dances:

1950s photo of two couples posing in a giant heart with streamers all around at their Valentine’s Day Dance.

What fun decor! Great idea for your next 1950s party.

1950s vintage photo of a Valentines Day Dance decoration of a giant heart with streamers and 1950s couples posing in the heart

Source: Etsy-JakeRoebucks

1947 Daddy, Daughter Valentine’s Dance featuring in the photo an adorable girl with a heart dress. Love it!

1940s vintage photo: 1947 Daddy, Daughter Valentine's Dance featuring in the photo an adorable girl with her heart dress.

Source: eBay

1956 Valentine Dance with teenagers and a young man dancing with a broom made to look like his date. ha!

Further Reading: Vintage Photos Of The Social Dance

1950s vintage photo of a Valentine's Day Dance featuring young teenagers and a young man dancing with a broom made to look like his date.

Source: Flickr-The Library of Virginia

Vintage Valentine’s Day Photos

1930s photo of two smiling teenagers sharing a special Valentine’s Day moment with a box of chocolates.

1930s vintage photo of two teenagers sitting on a couch together on Valentines Day. The young man is giving a box of chocolates to the young woman with the 1930s hairstyle

Source: Time.com

1943-Even during WWII, US soldiers overseas were able to send Valentine’s cards to sweethearts back home.

1940s vintage photo of US soldiers looking at valentines day cards to send back home in 1943

Source: Taste of Home

Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) Valentine’s Day 1944 -Young military couple chalking hearts onto a tree during WW2.

Source: Flickr

1950s photo: Giving a Valentine’s Day heart.

LOVE the 1950s dress on our beaming 1950s University student.

1950s vintage photo of a young woman university student in a 1950s dress receiving a box of heart chocolates on Valentines Day at the door from her date.

Source: Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives Photos. Call Number: RG 71/0 1950s

1957 photo of a young woman serving punch in the cutest punch bowl with fun & kitschy Valentine decorations.

Source: Redbook

Valentine’s Day Cards

Further Reading: Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards (archived blog post)

1950s / 1960s “Valentine Greetings…Just ‘Cause I kinda Likes Ya!”

1950s 1960s vintage Valentine's Day Card featuring an adorable little Black girl illustration playing on the grass.

Source: Pinterest

“My Valentine..I’ll never you , ‘The Gate’. 1940s card.

1940s vintage valentines day card featuring an illustration of a girl in a 1940s dress at a gate

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“I couldn’t BEAR to lose you dear Valentine”. Ahhh! 1930’s card.

"I couldn't BEAR to lose you dear Valentine". Ahhh! 1930's Valentines Day card featuring two cute Black Bears hugging. Fun vintage valentines day.

Source: Etsy-Adawegamig

The Valentine’s Day Magazine Covers

Further Reading: Vintage Valentines Day Magazine Covers (archived post)

1928’s NeedleCraft, February Issue featuring a girl holding Valentine’s while putting on her coat.

1920s vintage magazine cover for Needlecraft magazine on valentines day featuring ani llustration of a girl holding a heart

Source: Alamy

1939 issue of Woman’s World with a colorful Valentines Day cover with Cupid, flowers, hearts and doves.

1930s Vintage Magazine: 1939 issue of Woman’s World has a colorful Valentines Day cover with Cupid, flowers, hearts and doves

Source: Etsy-paintedpony99

Jeanne Crain, on the Modern Screen magazine cover, February 1944.

1940s vintage magazine cover for Valentines Day featuring Jeanne Crain, Modern Screen magazine cover, February 1944

Source: Alamy

February 7th, 1943-“First Kiss” as seen in ‘The Detroit Free Press Parade’ weekly picture newspaper.

The image according to Parade, said that the little kids were unaware that they had an audience when the little girl laid a kiss on the cheek of her little crush. Adorable.

Source: Parade Magazine

Now not really Magazine Covers but I love a good Romance Comic book (I own a few, mostly to drool over the 1950s & 1960s fashions) and thought I would slide in ones you can purchase right now (in PDF format).

Then when you have time, take a look at my archived post, Romance Comics of the 1950s and 1960s.

Source: Etsy-VintageComicBoutique

Vintage Valentine’s Day Advertising

1940s ad for a ‘Lane Cedar Hope Chest’. “Step into her heart forever. Give her a LANE this Valentine’s Day.”

1940s vintage ad for a Lane hope chest for Valentines Day featuring a man helping a woman in 1940s dress and 1940s hairstyle threw a heart with cupids all around.

Source: Pinterest

“It’s “Remembering Day”…Remember?” Whitman’s Chocolates ad from the 1950s reminding all those who need remembering about Valentine’s Day on February 14th.

Source: Pinterest

1959 ad for Coca-Cola…”Be Really Refreshed….Love That Coke!” as seen in the February National Geographic.

1950s vintage ad for Coca-Cola., Valentines Day featuring a couple sharing a coke inside a giant heart, as seen in February 1959 National Geographic Magazoine

Source: Etsy-The Ad Agency

1954 advertisement…”to my candy kid, Milky Way Chocolate bars”. YUM!

1950s vintage ad for Milky Way Chocolate bars on Valentine's Day. 1954 advertisement..."to my candy kid, Milky Way Chocolate bars".

Source: Redbook

“1950s underwear advertisement with a Valentine theme. “Mother-Daughter favorites with the famous Lollipop Cuffing-Cotton Brief.”1950s underwear advertisement with a Valentine theme. “Mother-Daughter favorites with the famous Lollipop Cuffing-Cotton Brief.