This beautiful vintage image features white roses with a delicate pink center and two pink rosebuds. The name of the rose is Innocente Pirola. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
Archives for August 3, 2014
Journal, Journey, Joy, Jubilee ~ Free Vintage Dictionary Page
This aged page, from a vintage dictionary published in 1922, includes the words: jonquil, journal, journey, joust, jovial, joy, joyful, jubilant, jubilee and Judaism. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Battleship Trunk ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage catalogue listing for a beautiful “Battleship” trunk. The advertisement claims the trunk was built like a battleship, because it was reinforced at every point where a trunk was generally weakest. The box was made of three-ply veneer lumber, covered with a heavy water resisting oil painted canvas. It was available in four…
