Everyday Women of the Golden Era

[goldwyn girl]

These are not the best quality, I don't have a scanner.
My Grandma , a fairy in a play

My mum and dad's wedding

And my mum

 

[Lady Day]

Aw, thanks you all for the compliments on the pictures. I wasnt expecting such a warm response. Thats so sweet!

I never met my Great Grandmother. She died decades before I came a round.

Yeah, my Granny was a looker back then. So was my Mama, and she knew it . Shes the one on the right.

I found few more pics. This thread is great!

Dated on the back 1941.

LD

 

[Heather]

Yeah, my Granny was a looker back then. So was my Mama, and she knew it . Shes the one on the right.

She reminds me of Rosario Dawson in that photo!

 

[cherry lips]

I love this pic! They're both so tough and pretty, girly and bad, they remind of a Shangri-las song. I like a girl who knows she's a looker.

GG, is this twenties, or earlier?

 

[Amy Jeanne]

DRESS AND PJ LOVE!!!

 

[Miss Sis]

OMG! This is my fav pic of this thread. All the ladies in that pic are lovely, but that grin of Granny's says she knows there will be trouble later that night (the fun kind of trouble)

The trouble with trouble is, it starts out as fun!

 

[goldwyn girl]

GG, is this twenties, or earlier?

In the twenties I believe

 

[goldwyn girl]

Lady Day, the photo of your mama if fabulous, she sure was a stunner !

 

[Inky]

I love this pic - it might be my absolute favorite of what you've posted so far. They are sooooo FABULOUSLY cool and the best part, they know it! perfect in every way!

 

[swingkitten85]

LD

Those are two stylin' gals! I just love their sunnies... I've enjoyed looking at all the pictures you've posted to this thread, Lady Day!

 

[chanteuseCarey]

THANK YOU LizzieM for this thread...

This gal's hair in the foreground is EXACTLY how I want to do my hair!!

And the girl in school clothes 1944 is a perfect example for daughter Sarah.

Here's a few more, again courtesy of the Life Archives --

Office workers, 1947

Another "typical Teen-Ager," in school clothes, 1944

 

[Lillemor]

What that school girl from 1944 is wearing is close to what I wear on a regular basis. I'm much older than her of course. It's a style I've seen on girls in the 1940s-50s and on mature women as well, all through the 1960s. I nearly only wore plaid wool skirts and knits all Fall/Winter.

Lady Day, those two ladies in shades define coolness!

 

[Lillemor]

And my mum

Wow, it's as if her skirt has been chosen to match the flowers! I have two skirts in that style with wide belts.

 

[Audrey Horne]

I wanted to cry at not being able to save these from an antique store. There was a whole box of them but they were $4-12 each and I can't afford that right now. I might just go back for her though. Do you think there would be any way to persuade the owner to let me scan them then give them back?

 

[HoneysuckleRose]

There's a wonderful picture on the BBC website at the moment...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/8039611.stm

I just love the floral dress and tweed jacket together! And their hair is fab too...

 

[LizzieMaine]

I just love the floral dress and tweed jacket together! And their hair is fab too...

I do this all the time myself -- it's a great way to put orphaned suit jackets to use.

The little girl at lower left looks like she's expecting the worst for some reason...

 

[HoneysuckleRose]

I do this all the time myself -- it's a great way to put orphaned suit jackets to use.

The little girl at lower left looks like she's expecting the worst for some reason...

My dad's mum used to do the same back then too so he tells me. Am definitely going to be keeping an eye out for a suit jacket myself now.

Yes I noticed the little girl too! I'd love to know who/what she's looking at!

 

[Lillemor]

My dad's mum used to do the same back then too so he tells me. Am definitely going to be keeping an eye out for a suit jacket myself now.

Yes I noticed the little girl too! I'd love to know who/what she's looking at!

I favored that look too in the 1990s and I think many mature women did as well.

 

[Grant Fan]

ok so this is a great thread :eusa_clap I love it. And here are pictures of my family before they left Cuba in the late 50's or early 60's I am going to guess on the year of the photos.
this is my abuela (grandmother) I think she was around 16 so that should make it around the late 30's early 40's

here are two wedding pictues from the 50's

this one is from 1954

and here is just a random phot I found online that I love

 

[Audrey Horne]

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Breathtaking! Thanks so much for sharing!