This lovely Victorian calling card includes an illustration of flowers and leaves framing a bird that is perched beside a stamped envelope. The message on the envelope is: Accept my unchanging love. Click on image to enlarge.
Archives for July 21, 2014
Vintage Roses Garden Catalogue Page and Clip Art ~ Free Graphics
This vintage garden catalogue page includes descriptions and prices for a variety of roses, such as: The Yellow Rambler, Climbing Wootton, Mrs. Pierpont Morgan, Madame Abel Chatenay (hybrid tea) and Belle Siebrecht. Illustrations of the The Yellow Rambler and Belle Siebrecht are included on the page. I scanned the original page from the Peter Henderson & Co. Everything…
Vintage Homes with Attached Garages
Here is an image of two lovely vintage homes on a quiet street. Both houses have been built with attached garages, a new feature to consider when building a home in the late teens and early 1920s. This is the floor plan for the house on the left. And the floor plan for the house on…
Victorian Mother and Baby
This vintage image includes a Victorian mother lifting back the curtain from the side of her baby’s bassinet to look in on her baby. The baby is awake, with arms eagerly outstretched, anxious to be in mommy’s arms. The image is from Child Life, A First Reader, by Etta Austin Blaisdell and Mary Frances Blaisdell, 1902. Click on image…
