Vintage baby gear from the 1940s

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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.

Vintage baby gear

Sofa-slung vintage baby seat

baby gear from the 1940s

Stroller/ride-on toy for babies

Here’s my mom with her grandmother, riding in one of the most popular contraptions of the time!

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Vintage ’40s baby carriage with Patricia

Vintage baby stuff

Little vintage baby walker

Vintage baby gear from the 1940s

Baby boy in a carriage

Here’s 7-week-old Gary G, in Florida

Vintage baby gear from the 1940s

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