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Throwback dads! Celebrate Father's Day with fun vintage photos

In celebration of Throwback Thursday and in anticipation of Father's Day on Sunday, enjoy these idyllic vintage photos of dads from decades gone by.

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Blow Up Doll

Being silly

In celebration of Throwback Thursday and in anticipation of Father's Day on Sunday, enjoy these idyllic vintage photos of dads from decades gone by.

A father tries to make his children laugh in 1915.

Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive
Up With The Milkman

Delivery time

A milkman chats with a father holding a baby as he leaves milk on the doorstep.

Fox Photos / Hulton Archive
Hammock Meeting

Home at last

A soldier, home after fighting in the Great War, meets his newborn daughter for the first time in 1919.

Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive
Walkies

Wade in the water

A dad, dog and a toddler walk along the beach in 1922.

Bunting / Hulton Archive
Off To Sea

Vacation time

A little girl leaves on vacation to the seaside with her dad in 1924.

Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive
Daddy's Girl

Father and daughter

A child sitting on her father's lap in 1925.

Hulton Archive / Hulton Archive
Like Father Like Son

Golf lesson

George Duncan, winner of the 1920 British Open, gives his young son a few golfing tips in 1927.

Fox Photos / Hulton Archive
The Family At Home

Happy home

A mother, father and two children at home in the 1930s.

Fpg / Hulton Archive
Home Lessons

Homework time

A father uses a globe to teach his son at home in the 1930s.

Fpg / Hulton Archive
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Getting stronger

A young boy and his father build up their muscles together.

Fox Photos / Hulton Archive
Like Father Like Son

Flying lesson

A man by the name of Mr. Toseland and his son Norman fly model airplanes in a competition at Sywell Aerodrome in England in 1935.

Fox Photos / Hulton Archive
Happy Family

Quiet time by the fire

A mother and father read their books by the fireside while their children play on the floor with model toys in 1936.

General Photographic Agency / Hulton Archive
Trying On A Coat

New coat

A little boy tries on a coat with the help of his mother as his father looks on in 1940.

Fpg / Hulton Archive
Hosing Down Dad

Surprise!

A little girl takes great delight in drenching her dad with water from the garden hose as he sunbathes on a hot day in 1936.

Fox Photos / Hulton Archive
Young Shooter

Gun practice

A young girl with a toy gun shoots alongside her father, armed with a real gun, at the London Gun Club in 1940.

A. J. O'brien / Hulton Archive
Contented Dad

Bottle break

A father feeds his daughter from a bottle in 1950.

Three Lions / Hulton Archive
Telling-Off

What not to do

A teenage boy receives a lecture in the kitchen of his family's apartment in New York in 1955.

Carl Purcell / Hulton Archive
Open Wide

Open wide

A father feeds his daughter in 1955.

Jacobsen / Hulton Archive
Family Transport

Horsey ride

A father gives his children a ride on his back in 1956.

Jacobsen / Hulton Archive
Trekkies

Two of a kind

A father and son wear matching pajamas in 1956.

Chaloner Woods / Hulton Archive
Father And Son

Train time

A boy and his dad play with an electric train set while their pet dog looks on in1959.

Keystone / Hulton Archive
Reeling In

A 'reel' good time

A father teaches his son how to fish in 1961.

Chaloner Woods / Hulton Archive
Welcome To The Pier

Welcome home!

A father opens his arms to receive his daughter in Britain in 1950.

Keystone / Hulton Archive
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