This vintage image features straw beehives. The beehive on the left is closed and one on the right is open. The illustration is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
Archives for July 6, 2014
Little Folks March 1920 Front Cover
This front cover of the March 1920 issue of Little Folks magazine features a vintage illustration of sleeping beauty. She looks cozy as she sleeps on a fluffy white pillow and ruffled white linens. She is covered with a purple blanket and pretty pink flowers have grown around her bed. A little prince has fallen asleep sitting at her bedside. Click…
Circus Clown Vintage Clip Art
Here is a black and white clip art image of a vintage circus clown. He’s wearing an old fashioned baggy clown suit with a large ruffled collar and ruffles at the hem of each pant leg. With a painted on smile and perky eyebrows, he’s a happy looking clown. It looks like he’s doing a little dance. …
Little Brown Bird ~ Vintage School Lesson
This page, from a children’s vintage school book, includes a story about a little brown bird that has a nest in a tree. The bird can see the cat but the cat cannot see the bird because the bird’s nest is hidden by leaves in the tree. The page is from Our Little Book for Little Folks,…
