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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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.
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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 🙂

11 Comments on Vintage Photos of People in Front of their Homes

  1. 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

  2. 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!

  3. 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. 🙂

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