Here is a vintage illustration of a pendulum. And a cleaner black and white clip art version ...
Girl on the Beach by Jessie Wilcox Smith
Here is a vintage illustration of a young girl on the beach. She is wearing a pretty pink dress ...
Vintage Preserves Recipes
Here are three shabby, aged, and well-used cookbook pages that feature vintage preserves recipes. ...
Clip Art Leaf Illustrations
Today I have clip art leaf illustrations to share. The first is a grouping of three variations of ...
Vintage Tree Illustrations Birch and Chestnut
Following are two beautiful vintage tree illustrations. The first is an illustration of birch trees ...
Baking Powder Label Vintage Ephemera
Here is a vintage food label for Wood's baking powder. The center portion of the label ...
Blumer’s Egg Saver Envelope
Here is a vintage clip art envelope for Madam Blumer’s Egg Saver Blumeroy. The front of the envelope ...
July 1900 Ladies Fashion Fancy Eton Waist
This title page from a July 1900 fashion magazine features a ladies' fancy Eton waist. The page ...
Autumn Botanical Book Plates
Below are two beautiful autumn botanical book plates. Our summer has only just begun and I’m not ready for fall; however, it will be here in no time. Perhaps some of you are already working on fall projects? Plate 1 features an illustration of Amelanchier canadensis, autumn foliage. A description from the book is…
Antique Printable Receipts Dated 1800s
Here are two shabby and aged antique printable receipts. The first is a receipt on behalf of Holder & Herrick, of 47 & 49 Broad Street, in Boston, Mass. Their mailing address was P.O. Box 1899. Holder & Herrick were importers and dealers of tinplates, sheet iron and metals, and were agents for New Bedford…
Piano Rolls Vintage Catalog Pages
The following two vintage catalog pages feature advertising for piano rolls. Piano rolls were made of paper with perforations of various sizes punched throughout. A special type of player piano was used to play the music from the perforated paper rolls. The first page begins by stating, “Supertone Rolls are mechanically perfect and musically correct….
Color Wheel Vintage French School Lesson
This vintage French book page features a children’s color wheel school lesson. The following illustration of a color wheel is from the page following the written portion of the lesson. Colors included on this wheel, with their corresponding French names, are: purple, yellow, blue, brown, red and green. I scanned the color wheel lesson and…
Butterflies and Moths Vintage Illustrations
Here are two vintage book plate scans featuring beautiful illustrations of butterflies and moths. The first is Plate III. The illustrations included on this page are: #17. Small White. Larva. Pieris rapae. #18 and #19. Small White. Pupa. Pieris rapae. #20. Small White. Male. Pieris rapae. #21. Small White. Female. Pieris rapae. #22. Small White….
Vintage Floral Clip Art Illustrations
Here are three lovely vintage floral clip art illustrations. The first is a Pheasant’s Eye. The illustration shows several fern-like leaves growing from two stems. A small red blossoming flower is growing from the top of each stem. The second flower is a Double Buttercup. The illustration features three bright yellow buttercup blossoms and two…
