Vintage Easter Pictures of Generation X

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Submit Your Vintage Easter Photos of Generation X

Do you have old Easter pictures of Generation X from the 1960s, 70s, 80s or 90s? I’d love to feature them as a tribute to the life and times of America’s 13th Generation. Contact me using the form at the bottom of this page or email me your submissions at jennifer [at] tambourinepr [dot] org. Also, I will purchase high-quality Gen X collections including old scrapbooks, portraits, ephemera, old slides and photographs, etc.

Collecting Photos

One of my favorite things to do is collect old snapshots, faded photographs and 35 mm slides, etc., and share them with readers. I especially love old Easter pictures of Generation X! Here’s a magnificent photo of girls in hats decorated for the annual Easter parade (1970s). 

 

Easter Hat Contest and Parade 1970 Davenport Iowa
1978 Easter Egg Hunt, Tennessee (Black and White Photos)

1978 Easter Egg Hunt, Tennessee (Black and White Photos)

The following images were taken during a 1978 Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by a United Methodist Church about 14 miles south of Chattanooga. Despite the happy occasion, a quiet stillness emanates from these black and white images. There are 14 faces in this first photo...

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A Very 1970s Easter Hat Parade

A Very 1970s Easter Hat Parade

Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet, And of the girl I'm taking to the Easter parade. --Irving Berlin, 1933 Thanks to the worldwide pandemic, there won't be an Easter Hat Parade in New York City this year or, for the matter, anywhere else in the United...

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Scary Easter Bunnies (Hilarious Pictures)

Scary Easter Bunnies (Hilarious Pictures)

Scary Easter bunny pictures are in plentiful supply around here. If you'd like to submit a vintage Easter photo, please email me at jenx1967 at Gmail dot com. Thanks! Also, be sure and check out vintage pictures of Halloween and Christmas. [gallery type="circle"...

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Fun Easter Cookies + A Fabulous Butter Cookie Recipe

Fun Easter Cookies + A Fabulous Butter Cookie Recipe

Easter cookies, one for each member of our family, compliments of Bridgy! I've been rolling out cookie dough on this old marble washstand for nearly 30 years! I bought it in 1992, at the old Spivey's Antique store on May Avenue in Oklahoma City. Two years after I...

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1977 Stop-Motion Rankin-Bass: Easter Bunny is Comin’ to Town

1977 Stop-Motion Rankin-Bass: Easter Bunny is Comin’ to Town

 Does anybody remember The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town? It's a stop-motion production by Rankin that aired during Easter 1977. It's very similar to the team's Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, which aired in 1970. Both productions feature the voice of the late Fred...

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Fun and Nostalgic Easter Pictures From the 1960s, 1970s

Fun and Nostalgic Easter Pictures From the 1960s, 1970s

I've gathered some funny Easter pictures recently posted to Twitter. They include an awesome picture of a vintage baby stroller from 1963,  and some terrific Easter fashions. Click on any of the pictures to enlarge them. Happy Easter! Also, please check out my related...

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Friend, Do What You Came For.

Friend, Do What You Came For.

When Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, He was desperate to stay alive. Full of "sorrow to the point of death," he prayed for the bitter cup of crucifixion to pass from him. He begged his disciples to stay with Him. But, instead, they fell asleep, exhausted from...

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Lean Into Jesus: Palm Sunday Devotional (Vintage Pics)

Lean Into Jesus: Palm Sunday Devotional (Vintage Pics)

Lean In has become the mantra of Western women who dare to ask what they might do if they weren't afraid. But, long before Sheryl Sandberg's book, there was Elisha Hoffman's hymn Leaning On The Everlasting Arms. It is also about facing fears. What have I to dread,...

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Every Day Is The Same

Every Day Is The Same

  My son is the happiest person I know. That's why it startled me the other day when he leaned his head on my arm and said, "Every day is the same." Such raw wisdom deserves more than platitudes. I drew him to me and said, "It can all be so disappointing." I...

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Happy Easter Weekend!

Happy Easter Weekend!

It's Easter Weekend, one of my favorite times of the year. Doesn't Bridgette look fantastic in her little fasicnator? Oh, I'm so proud of my baby girl! I love how the Duchess of Cambridge has inspired this new trend in hats. When I told Bridgy they were called...

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Child’s Easter Drawing Jesus Is My Gud Shepherd

Child’s Easter Drawing Jesus Is My Gud Shepherd

Happy Easter, everybody! Here's some artwork Sully drew for Easter. He's sounding out his words, so this year, Jesus is my "gud" shepherd. This was a first for me -- an Easter egg pinata. We spotted this on our walk this evening through the neighborhood. Happy Easter!...

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Here Is Me In My Easter Dress, Easter 1973

Here Is Me In My Easter Dress, Easter 1973

This is me during Easter 1973. I'm wearing the Easter dress my mother made me. The photo was taken at the Walnut Church of the Nazarene in Walnut, California. Our pastor's wife took the picture. I'm sitting in my Sunday School class in front of a lithograph of Jesus....

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Peeps Come Into Your Life For A Reason

Peeps come into your life for a reason. That reason is Easter. This, however, is not a Peep. This is a Peep knock-off, also known as a "marshmallow treat."Happy Easter, Everybody! It's been a wonderful weekend for our family with many special moments I will cherish...

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Easter Egg Hunt at the Overholser Mansion

 One of the best things about living in Oklahoma City's historic neighborhood, Heritage Hills (albeit in a prairie bungalow in the foothills), is the annual Easter egg hunt at the historic Overholser Mansion. The mansion is on the National Register of Historic...

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Easter Sunday 2010

Easter Sunday 2010

Here are a few of the Easter Sunday 2010 pictures I snapped earlier today. Juliette said this looked like a chef costume. Hahahaha! Pretty happy for 815 in the morning. Daddy The chocolate bunny Bridgy is holding is white chocolate. I wonder why. When you're four, you...

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African American Mother and Children on Easter Sunday, 1967.
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