The ’40s – Springtime & Easter
With spring comes new beginnings for Nature and my renewed best wishes for all of my readers and guests. I sincerely hope these cards and advertisements from the 1940’s bring a fond memory or two or just a smile. (For those of you in the southern hemisphere – I hope you enjoy a pleasant autumn and peaceful winter.) Thank you for your continued readership.
Texas Easter bonnets, 1942
1940’s Easter fashion
Smitty’s hometown memories
1940’s seder dinner
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In other areas –
Polish 2nd Corps, Quastina, Palestine, Easter 1942
Sgt. George A. Crist, 1st cook, US 8th AF/96th Bombardment Group, teaches British lads the art of Easter egg decorating.
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EASTER HUMOR –
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Farewell Salutes –
Abelardo Alinaya – Born:Cavite, P.I./Oxnard, CA; US Navy (ret. 20 years), Vietnam, Bronze Star, Silver Star
Thomas Anderson – Matamata, NZ; LAC Air Force # 3021698
John Fuller Jr. – Wasilla, AK; USMC, WWII, PTO, Silver Star
Kerry Hunter Jr. – Pekin, IL; US Navy, Desert Shield, Desert Storm
Stanley Lloyd – Long Beach, NY; US Navy, Lt-JG, WWII
George Mosher – Port Huron, MI; US Army, WWII, ETO, 94th Infantry, Purple Heart
Robert Richard – Fitchburg, MA; US Army, Korea
W. LaVerne Strader – Willis, TX; US Army Air Corps WAC, WWII, [w/ 4 sisters & 4 brothers – all military WWII]
Russell Tucker – Saraland, AL; US Army (Ret.), Captain, WWII/US Air Force, Korea, pilot
David Watkins – Colorado Spring, CO; US Army, Vietnam
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Personal note – I received my Easter present yesterday, my book, “Three Came Home” by Agnes Keith, looking forward to that after I finish “For Crew and Country” by John Wukovits, which I only just started.
Also – A HAPPY SHOUT OUT to all the Arkansas veterans!
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Posted on March 31, 2013, in WWII and tagged 1940's, Broad Channel, Easter, family history, History, Military History, nostalgia, Pacific War, Spring, veterans, WWII. Bookmark the permalink. 75 Comments.
Pacific Paratrooper 
Great Easter post gp, enjoyed the pics, one question, the 1940’s seder dinner, is that the family name or an occasion ?
Cheers.
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Seder is the Jewish dinner, not the family name. Glad you liked which ones I picked out – fun post!
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Thanks for enlightening me on seder gp.
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No problem. I am not Jewish, but I must say the Seder has a wonderful tradition at the dinner table.
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Hope you had a Happy Easter and will have a wonderful spring also, GP. Thanks for the great pictures and your great blog.
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You, after all this time, know it is my pleasure! I sincerely hope you and yours enjoyed your Easter.
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Fantastic photos GP. I hope you had a happy Easter 🙂
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Yes, I did Norma, thank you. It also explains why I’m so late in responding and reading everyone else’s posts!! I do hope you and yours enjoyed the weekend!
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Reblogged this on quirkywritingcorner and commented:
So nice to remember when!
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YES – it is nice to remember when! Thank you very much for the re-blog.
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Very nice touch for vintage Easter and Passover too. Thanks
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Why not – they all fought side-by-side. Passover is usually right near Easter, but this year they were right together – maybe we should take that as an omen?
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Hope your Easter weekend was as delightful as your photo gallery. Have to wonder if many today still dress for Easter as they did back then. Beautiful Easter bonnets and dresses certainly left the impression of a lady’s presence. Have to say it still makes me feel good to wear a hat and dress! Just old-fashioned!
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As far as I can tell – it’s a half-and-half situation. It would be fantastic to see it come back in style, Bev. I think it adds to the happiness.
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With so much enthusiastic effort, how could I not enjoy these lovely pictures! Happy Easter!
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These type posts are a ball of fun for me, Mrs P.!! Somehow I became addicted to this era at a very young age and you can see, it still has a grip on me. Hope the holidays are fun for you!
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I have had a very busy and happy week…even if I was not on vacation! Last week I went ziplining in a neighborhood park and this past weekend I started a four weekend course of sailing. Despite still learning the ropes, I managed to sail out and return to shore on my own. Don’t know if I will do it for long. It is very strenuous on my older body. I always wanted to try and I am having a blast learning!
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You can’t beat learning something new, Mrs P., even if it is overworking you – people our age need that sometimes! [I know I do at least]. Happy to hear someone so nice is enjoying life!
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😀 😀
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Happy Easter, gpcox! One cartoon showed April 1, 1945 – the day when the battle for Okinawa began…
One thing I just realized after seeing the poster of the ladies dressed in that period’s attire. While maturing into a young adult, watching Bewitched, Father Knows Best, and unknowingly becoming obsessed with WWII, I find the fashion they are wearing to represent femininity. I guess that became my yardstick. ☺
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It became the yardstick for many, Koji. The clothes accented the figure, enhancing the best features of a woman. So far – you are the only one to notice that date of 1 April 1945 – this post originally did have that information, but since we are still in 1942 in this series, I took it out. Thank you for the well-wishes!
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Lovely post. So interesting to see how Easter was celebrated during the wartime years. Happy Easter!
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If you weed out the war – it was an outstanding era, but the war was difficult to ignore. Hope you enjoyed your holiday!
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Happy Easter, GP! I love all the old images. That was a special time in history.
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Yes it was, it just bothered me that I had difficulty finding Easter in the Pacific pictures – but a great era indeed.
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Happy Easter weekend to you. I especially love that 40’s Easter fashion pic, and the ornate Easter egg. Those were the days. 🙂
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Weren’t they, tho?!! I had fun with this post! 😉
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Lovely Easter post, dear GP Cox! 🙂 We’ve passed it forward to some dear friends whom are seriously into the 40es. This period is very popular in England, lots of 40’s arrangement with dressing up, music, dancing. When the little villages celebrate their 40es weekend, everybody join in with the right hairdo, cars, it’s quite amazing.
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
Big *hug* Dina, Klausbernd and our two Bookfayries Siri and Selma
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I’m thrilled to hear that England is so into the 40’s!! It was a great era – it would be even greater to live it – good for them!! I sincerely hope that you, Klausbernd and the 2 Bookfayries had a wonderful holiday!!
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Even in war there is humor. We try to smile even with the gut wrenching. It is called the art of war. But it is shaded in black colors with an occasion burst of vision. It is instinctive to the human condition to smile. Thank you for making me smile today.
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No problem, Barry – just want you to have a great week!
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Aah, Like a magic, you took us travel back to 1940’s Easter with typical nostalgic fashion. I love them! Happy Easter to you, gp.
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Have a wonderful day, yourself, friend!! And thank you!
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Happy Easter to you my friend. Especially enjoyed the Ledo Rd. (India) cartoon from ’45.
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I thought you might, Adam. Have a great Easter yourself!!
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Happy Easter!!!
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Thank you, I hope you have a most enjoyable day!
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Many thanks for a Great Easter post. It strikes me that they talk of things going in circles, fashions go round and come round again. If that’s true then it’s time the 40’s made a comeback. So stylish and such femininity then. The jokes made me smile.
Have a Great Eater.
Hugs
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Same to you, David. And you never know about the fashion – it just may happen.
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Happy Easter from NZ
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Reblogged this on pacificparatrooper and commented:
UPDATED, EDITED, REDESIGNED, “NEW AND IMPROVED” [HOPEFULLY] FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT!!
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Happy belated Easter! Are these cards from your personal collection or found on internet?
Maybe you are interested to see these vintage Red Army Day and International Woman’s Day cards from USSR:
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Funny, I just came from your blog and I was on that page. Thanks for the link – my readers can now easily view your cards as well.
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I noticed it too, how funny! Thank you!
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Just to say thank you for visiting my blog and I love the cards etc that you have done for Christmas and Easter, will watch with interest.
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Thanks, I enjoy the company. If you recall any stories or have info about WWII be sure to leave them. I know this site is mainly the Pacific Theater, but they ALL need to be remembered.
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I really like your collection, especially the Easter dresses. My mother was a young teenager in the 1940s, so maybe she dreamed about those dress styles 🙂
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Unless your family was well-to-do, I’m sure she did. Cloth was scarce so the prices tended to be high, for that time.
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Reminded me to my grandma’s fashion.
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That makes me very happy. Thank you for stopping in.
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You’re welcome.
Though during 40s most of Indonesian women still wore their traditional attires, but many of them had also followed international fashion according to their own version.
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I was born in the fifties and i miss them but still crudely remember similar ones from my childhood, and interesting to compare what was attractive back then!
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I like seeing yearbook pictures – everyone thought they looked great – but baby look us now!!
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Lol! ,,,the Now keeps changing us and there are two things we can do: 1) Look after ourselves so we keep -thinking- we look great, and 2) accept we look -as- great as -we think – we look! lol!
If thats your Photo and its current you do look great.
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Glad to see you’re enjoying your visits here. No, not me.
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What lovely images! I’m a little late but Happy Easter 🙂
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Right back at ya!! It’s never too late when it comes to the spirit of Easter & Christmas.
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Wonderful post! I just love how women used to wear hats and gloves. Happy Easter!
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Thank you. Yes, it seemed to give every woman an extra touch of class. (In my opinion.)
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I just love those old ads and cards. Hope you and yours had a blessed Easter.
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Right back at you. All the best to you and yours.
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You have an amazing collection. Thank you for sharing.
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Just glad you enjoyed it.
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While we don’t celebrate it, my best wishes for a Happy Easter for them who do.
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Thank you. I did put a Passover photo in my post, but I’m afraid I am ignorant of any other religious holidays this time of year. Not religious? Happy Sunday (even if it is Monday morning already)
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Happy Easter and I enjoyed the cards and illustrations.
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That makes my day. Happy Easter.
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I love these old ads and remember them so well. Happy Easter to you from the Cincinnati area.
Lillian
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Have a warm and wonderful Easter, Lillian. Great to hear from someone who remembers.
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How nice. Thank you. Happy Easter!
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My pleasure, hope you have a wonderful day.
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Happy Easter from Quebec
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Thank you – right back at you. Stay warm and enjoy.
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Thank you!
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