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.
Here are some of the goodies I discovered…..
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Vintage Photos 1920’s-1960’s
The Front of House Edition
1940s Photo: Doris & Phillis showing off their outstanding taste in 1940s hats. Wow!
Proud Parents-1940s vintage photo (Amazing hair on this beautiful new mom).
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.
1956 photo of a pretty young women in a tulle 1950s dress posing the grass beside her house.
Cub scouts, on their way to a gathering-1960s vintage photo.
Three little girls all in a row -1920s photo.
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.
Three sisters during WW2, all off to do their part for the war effort – 1940s Vintage Photo.
1940s Vintage Photo: Heading out to lunch with friends with her curls protected by a hairscarf.
Stylish kids in training-1960s Photo. Can I have her purse?
1920s fashion on display in this super 1920s photo. Love the Cloche hat!
Bob the hair and show off those ankles, it must be the 1920s! Fun 1920s fashions!
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-
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?
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Liz 🙂
I love these, they’re all adorable. I guess cameras were rather more precious back then so they didn’t travel far from home with them. I can just imagine the mum or dad of the family saying, “yes one quick photo and then the camera goes back in the drawer for safe keeping!”.
We’re very lucky that we can just carry one around in our pocket and not worry about it these days. xx
That is a good point! Can you imagine the images we would have if cameras were as portable as they are today?
Great images I love the hatsin the first picture
Those Hats are amazing! I agree 🙂
I have some even from my own childhood that are the family in front of the house. I think it was a sort of “we are all ready and dressed fort his event, let’s take a photo before we go and get messy!”. I think Cate is probably right about the portability too. You didn’t take a camera to things as often, and the further back you go, the more true that is likely to be!
lol that is a good point about capturing the moment before ruining the look later on lol! I do that now 🙂
What an amazing post! I am so glad I stopped by. The clothing in those photos is such a help to perfect my wardrobe style. Beautiful, just beautiful! I wish I could just step into those photos and live there. 🙂
I’m so glad you stopped by too and enjoyed the post 🙂 Vintage photos are truly the best source of inspiration and I just love them!
These are great photos, some very lovely hats and outfits on show.
The hats are pretty fantastic! I was wishing for Tanith’s powers of hat making to replicate them 🙂