The front of this Victorian advertising card includes a pretty cluster of flowers against a light colored brick background. The back of the card is an advertisement for The Fair, where you could find great bargains in holiday goods, ladies’ and gent’s furnishing goods and notions of all kinds. Tinware, glassware, crockery, bird cages, paintings and…
Free Vintage Fish Images ~ Salmon and Carp
Here are two black and white clip art images of fish. The fish in the top image is a salmon; the fish in the lower image is a carp. These vintage images are from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume I, circa 1869. Click on images to enlarge.
The Little London Girl by Kate Greenaway ~ Free Vintage Storybook Image
THE LITTLE LONDON GIRL. IN my little Green Home, quite content am I,When the hot sun pours down from the sky;For oh, I love the country – the beautiful country.Who’d live in a London street when there’s the country? I live in a London street, then I long and longTo be the whole day the…
Vintage Dress Form Clip Art
This vintage advertisement for Hall – Borchert Adjustable Forms is from the April 1914 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the dress form. Click on images to enlarge.
Rose and Butterfly Loving Greetings Postcard ~ Free Vintage Image
This lovely vintage postcard features a pretty pink rose nestled among a cluster of small white flowers and leaves. There is a yellow butterfly with open wings above the flowers. The message on this old postcard is: Loving Greetings. Here is a version without the message Click on images to enlarge.
Climbing Beans and Pole Beans
This vintage catalogue page includes descriptions and prices for several varieties of climbing and pole beans. There are three images on the page. They include: a woman with a wicker basket in a bean garden, a pole filled with ripe Early Golden Cluster Wax beans and an open bean pod that is full of ripe…
Charles Twelvetrees Vintage Image ~ Make Puppies Grow
In this fun vintage image by Charles Twelvetrees, a young boy is using a watering pail to pour water over his puppy. The caption below the image is, “This Makes Flowers Grow -So Of Course It Will Make Puppies Grow” The image is part of a collection of Twelvetrees’ illustrations titled, “One of His Quiet Hours” from the October 1917 issue…
Seroco Camera ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This aged and yellowed advertisement for a Seroco folding camera is from the Sears, Roebuck & Co. 1907 catalogue. Here is a black and white clipart version of the camera from the ad. Click on images to enlarge.
Pretty Yellow Flowers ~ Free Vintage Image
This cluster of pretty yellow flowers is from a book of poetry titled Gems from Holmes, 1904. The book doesn’t say what type of flower it is. My best guess is that it is a phlox. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Men’s Neckties ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a black and white clip art collection of Victorian men’s neckwear. I scanned the original images from the Koch & Co. Spring and Summer 1898 Fashion Catalogue. Details for each item in this collection are as follows (left to right, top to bottom): 1. Men’s Teck Scarf, neat fancy effects, also black silk and satin, 25c, 49c and…
Curious Kittens ~ Vintage Storybook Image
This vintage storybook image includes two adorable kittens curious about a hatbox. 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.
Floral Vase Engraving ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This beautiful floral vase engraving is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on image to enlarge.
