This page, from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888, titled Dessert features a display of 19 elegant platters, trays and baskets of food, mostly fruit, including: bananas, apricots, gooseberries, pineapple, cherries, ginger, raspberries, olives, peaches, grapes, pears, mulberries, strawberries, almonds and raisins, greengages, plums, apples, melon and oranges. This image is now available in my Etsy shop. Image is…
Jolly Santa Claus Vintage Sheet Music
Here is an old fashioned children’s Christmas song titled Jolly Santa Claus. The page of sheet music is from the book First Year Music by Hollis Dann, published in 1914. Click on image to enlarge.
Baby’s First Birthday ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is an adorable vintage clip art image of a baby clapping her hands in excitement for her first birthday cake. The large cake is beautifully decorated and has one candle in the center. A ribbon of smoke is rising from the candle. This illustration is from the book Our Dear Baby published by Richard G. Krueger in 1916….
Vintage Christmas Postcard Girl and Kittens ~ Free Graphic
Here is a vintage Christmas postcard that features a cute girl sitting on a wooden fence. The girl is wearing a pretty pink dress, a crown of pink flowers on her head and she is holding two pink flowers in her right hand. She is looking toward the ground below where two kittens are playing…
Vintage Chalk and Pencil Drawing ~ Free Graphic
Here is a beautiful page of white ornamental penmanship flourishes and swirls, including elegant drawings of birds and a swan, on a black background. This title on the page is: Chalk and Pencil Drawing. Here is a version with the wording removed. The page is from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill,…
Stetcher Holly and Berries ~ Free Christmas Image
This vintage Stecher Christmas postcard features a lovely illustration of holly and berries and the message: May your heart, this Christmas Day,Be filled with Joy and Cheer;And nothing give you cause to grieve –Throughout the coming year!Yours for a Merry Christmas. Click on image to enlarge.
Sewing Dress Form Vintage Ad and Clip Art ~ Free Graphics
In this vintage advertisement, two Victorian ladies are having a discussion about the importance of owning a Hall’s Bazar dress form as they admire the draping of the fabric that is pinned to the form. The ad is from the October 1889 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image…
Victorian Christmas Boy Carrying Gifts
Here is a fun vintage Christmas postcard by Ellen Clapsaddle. The image is of a Victorian boy dressed in red, bending over as he tries to balance an abundance of packages on his back. The boy is using both hands to try to keep the gifts from falling and also has the strap of a…
Free Vintage Book Page Graphics and Clip Art ~ Engravers Inscriptions
These vintage book pages cover information on the subject of wording and punctuation of inscriptions for engraving. The article includes an image of a man seated at a table, doing some engraving work. Also included are examples of beautiful engravings appropriate for marking rings, spoons, pins, watches, etc. Here are three black and white clip art…
Kate Greenaway Blue Shoes ~ Free Vintage Illustration
BLUE SHOES LITTLE Blue ShoesMustn’t goVery far alone, you know.Else she’ll fall down,Or, lose her way;Fancy – whatWould mamma say?Better put her little handUnder sister’s wise command.When she’s a little older grownBlue Shoes may go quite alone. This vintage storybook image and poem, Blue Shoes, is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to…
Free Vintage Image ~ Herrick’s Almanac 1906, November
Here is the November page from Herrick’s Almanac for 1906. The October page from the almanac is free to download from my blog HERE. The advertising on this page is for Renne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil. Click on image to enlarge.
Christmas Plum Pudding ~ Vintage Recipe and Clip Art
This grungy, aged and yellowed vintage cookbook page includes an old fashioned recipe for Christmas Plum Pudding. I scanned the page from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image of plum pudding from the page. Click on images to enlarge.
