This beautiful vintage postcard features a display of white flowers and fall colored leaves on a white background. The main design of the flowers and leaves is on the left-hand side of the postcard. They are spilling through illustrated tears in the paper, with blue sky showing behind. A small design of fall colored leaves…
Vintage Medical Labels Clip Art
Here are three small vintage medical labels. Each label is an aged white color base with dark blue, almost black, edging and wording. The wording on the labels is: Poison, Shake Well, and External Use. New in my Etsy shop this week is a printable vintage Flinch card game. Individual images are included. Image is…
Vintage Post Office Cards – Ephemera
Here are two aged and shabby printable vintage post office cards. The cards were made by a postmaster for new employees to practice sorting mail. The first post office practice card is for: 1374 35TH AVE. The second is: 4230 BRAY. New in my Etsy shop this week is a printable set of ten of…
Pendulum Vintage Illustration
Here is a vintage illustration of a pendulum. And a cleaner black and white clip art version of the pendulum. I scanned the original image from the book, “The Farmer’s Companion”. The book was published in 1881.
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 and a large pink bow in her blonde hair. The girl is standing at water’s edge on a sandy beach. She has picked up a handful of sand and water that she is releasing through her fingers, watching in fascination as…
Vintage Preserves Recipes
Here are three shabby, aged, and well-used cookbook pages that feature vintage preserves recipes. Included on the pages are recipes for preserving plums, greengages, cherries, pears, and peaches. I scanned the pages from a cookbook that was published in 1892. The title on the cover of the cookbook is “The Snow White Cook Book”; however,…
Clip Art Leaf Illustrations
Today I have clip art leaf illustrations to share. The first is a grouping of three variations of balsamifera (balsam poplar) leaves, including: P. Balsamifera, var. Intermedia, P. Balsamifera, var. Viminalis, and P. Balsamifera, var. latifolia. A portion of the description for the balsam poplar (from the book I scanned the images from) is: “Above,…
Vintage Tree Illustrations Birch and Chestnut
Following are two beautiful vintage tree illustrations. The first is an illustration of birch trees in a meadow at the edge of a forest. One tree is prominent in the foreground, with several individual birch trees behind. The caption below the illustration is:White or Paper Birch. Campton, Grafton Co., N.H. The second of the vintage…
Baking Powder Label Vintage Ephemera
Here is a vintage food label for Wood’s baking powder. The center portion of the label includes the Net Contents and the name of the product: Wood’s Baking Powder. The following information is also included on the center portion of the label: PURITY AND WHOLESOMENESS GUARANTEEDThis Baking Powder is made strictly in accord with U….
Blumer’s Egg Saver Envelope
Here is a vintage clip art envelope for Madam Blumer’s Egg Saver Blumeroy. The front of the envelope includes the wording: MADAM BLUMER’S EGG SAVER Blumeroy25 to 50¢ Per Doz; Cost $1.00 to $2.00Value 48 Eggs; Cost 25 CentsA VEGETABLE FOOD PRODUCT. The front of the envelope also includes an illustration of a hen and…
July 1900 Ladies Fashion Fancy Eton Waist
This title page from a July 1900 fashion magazine features a ladies’ fancy Eton waist. The page includes the name, date, volume, and number of the magazine. An illustration of a Victorian lady modelling the Fancy Eton waist is also included on the page. The lady is wearing a large decorated hat and holding a…
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…
