Here are a few favorite pictures from my own family’s collection — all featuring little ones, and the vintage baby gear that helped keep them amused and contained during the early- to mid-forties.
Tiny ride-on car
Baby Patricia, in 1942, with a playpen/crib behind her.
Sofa-slung vintage baby seat
Stroller/ride-on toy for babies
Here’s my mom with her grandmother, riding in one of the most popular contraptions of the time!
Vintage ’40s baby carriage with Patricia
Little vintage baby walker
Baby boy in a carriage
Here’s 7-week-old Gary G, in Florida