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,…
Victorian Circus Performer ~ Clip Art Image
Here is a black and white clip art image of a Victorian circus performer dressed in a tasseled black skirt with white polka dots, a white shirt with polka dots, polka dot tights to match and a pointed hat. It appears this circus performer is in the midst of leading a trained animal in a…
Victorian Beach Scene Card ~ Free Vintage Image
This Victorian card features a fun scene at the beach. In the foreground, a boy and girl are building a large sand castle with the help of wooden paddle shovels. In the distance, other children are playing and a man and woman are standing together on the shore. There are no bathing suits to be…
Free Vintage Clip Art Image ~ Queen Bee, Working Bee, and Drone Bee
This vintage clip art image includes a drone (male) bee (top center), a queen (female) bee (lower left) and a working bee (lower right). I scanned the illustration from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
Pancakes Waffles Popovers Vintage Clip Art
Here are yummy looking images of: a stack of buckwheat pancakes, a stack of waffles and plate of popovers. The illustrations are from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Click on images to enlarge.
Cluster of Grapes ~ Free Vintage Clip Art Image
Here is a vintage image of a beautifully lush cluster of grapes with their leaves attached. The fully ripe grapes are hanging by a vine from a branch. This image is from the May 1880 issue of the American Agriculturist magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Kate Greenaway Pretty Pink Rose
Here is a pretty pink rose by Kate Greenaway. It’s from the vintage children’s storybook Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.
The Liberty Bell by E. S. Brooks
THE LIBERTY BELL BY E. S. BROOKS. I – PHILADELPHIA, 1776. SQUARELY prim and stoutly built, Free from glitter and from gilt, Plain, – from lintel up to roof-tree and to belfry bare and brown – Stands the Hall that hot July, – While the folk throng anxious by, – Where the Continental Congress meets…
Columbia Bicycle Magazine Ad
Here is a fun vintage magazine advertisement for a Columbia bicycle. The ad claims the bicycle is easy to learn to ride and that an ordinary rider can go more miles in a day over common roads than a horse. Great images for your steampunk or mixed media projects! I scanned the original ad from…
Old Fashioned Tent
This vintage catalogue advertisement includes an outdoor image of a wedge tent tied with a rope to two tall trees. The ad pitches these features: No poles required. Easy to carry about and can be stretched up between two trees or forked sticks. The tent was available in three sizes at prices ranging from $6.05 – $8.96. The ad…
Fairies Flowers and Bees
This vintage storybook image includes two fairies playing on flowers as three bumblebees fly by. The image is from A Round Robin, by M. A. Hoyer and Robert Ellice Mack, illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett, circa 1891. Click on image to enlarge.
