30 Vintage Photos Show How Cool Moms Were in the 1960s _ OldUS

   

The 1960s saw a flourishing in art, music and fashion. The term “The Sixties” is used to denote the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends around the globe during this era.

Some use the term to describe the decade’s counterculture and revolution in social norms about clothing, music, drugs, dress, sexuality, formalities, and schooling; others use it to denounce the decade as one of irresponsible excess, flamboyance, and decay of social order.

It was a decade that broke many fashion traditions, mirroring social movements during the time. So, take a look at these vintage photos from Flickr members to see how cool moms were back then.

 
Mom at a New Year's Eve party at Aunt Mary & Uncle Frank Martinelli's house on Redmont Rd., Dec. 31, 1965
Joan, Bernice, mom. Yes, Mom made this dress, which I liked a lot, 1965-66

 

Mom when in Madrid, 1961
Mama and us at Yosemite, California, 1963
Mom & 1961 Chevy Impala, September 1961
Mom & Monavie. This was the required hairdo for stewardesses on Braniff Airlines at the time, 1960s
Mom at 26 at National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC., 1962

 

Mom having fun, circa 1960s
Mom in 1969. Pregnant with me
Mom in reflection, December 1960
Mom in sunglasses at Madurodam miniature park, The Hague, 1961
Mom looks like she should be on Laugh-In, 1960s
Mom sometime in the late 1960s when she was in her late 20s
Mom sun bathing in backyard, 1961
Mom with a cat, 1968
Mom with my sisters, Vilma (left) and Carol (right), Easter in the Bronx, NYC, late 1960s
Mom, 1965
Mom, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1962
Mom, wearing orange chenille in July '67
My mom & her beehive, Portsmouth, England, 1960s
My mom was Homecoming Queen, 1965
My mom, aged 27, in her boyfriend's Corvette
My mom, looking gorgeous as usual, Fremont, CA, mid-1960s
My mother in Florida while early in her Nursing career, 1967
My mother, 1967
My mother, Pat Clark, photographed by my father, Honolulu, 1965
My mother, Ritva, 1960s
Smiling mom sitting on the grass, 1960s
Swinging Sixties - Mum - Cornwall, circa 1967
This is my mother before the prom. I think she looks like Jackie O in this picture, 1960s