It isn’t the season for tulips for many of us but I couldn’t wait until spring to share this pretty image! These beautifully illustrated flowers are from the antique storybook A Day in a Child’s Life by Kate Greenaway, circa 1881. Click on image to enlarge.
Tuck’s Thanksgiving Turkey Postcard
This is an old Tuck’s Thanksgiving postcard. My original was postally used in 1909. Click on image to enlarge.
Hires Beer Newspaper Hat ~ Free Graphics
While I was working on my computer this afternoon, my granddaughter, Ashley (who is now living with us to attend a year of bible school in the city), came into my home office to chat and visit with me. I was delighted when she asked if she could look through some of my photo boxes of vintage…
Fresh Laurels for Sunday School Sheet Music
This wonderfully aged page of sheet music is from Bradbury’s Fresh Laurels for the Sabbath School, 1867. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Rose Clip Art
This beautiful vintage rose clip art image is from my antique school reader, Our Little Book for Little Folks, 1896. Click on image to enlarge.
Strawberry Crush ~ Free Vintage Label
Here is a lovely, bright. vintage Strawberry Crush label. Click on image to enlarge.
Petit Freres & Denis French Cheque
The words I would use to describe this vintage French cheque are: old, antique, grungy, shabby, used, aged, faded, imperfect, worn and wrinkled. These words would adequately describe what I love about this wonderful piece of vintage French ephemera although I do love the gorgeous swirl motif on the left as well! Click on image to…
Floral German Postcard ~ Free Vintage Image
I chose to scan this beautiful antique German floral postcard this morning because the colors are wonderful for fall projects! I think the printed message on the top left is a bible verse but the Google translation (most likely due to my errors in trying to spell each word correctly) wasn’t very smooth. For example, one of my tries resulted in…
Chocolate Iced Layer Cake
Cake, anyone? This yummy looking Chocolate Iced Layer Cake is from Cake Secrets, 1922. Click on image to enlarge.
Spider and Spiderweb
Here is a large spider crawling on its web, a vintage graphic that I thought you may like to have for Halloween projects. This image is from an antique school reader, Our Little Book for Little Folks, 1896. Click on image to enlarge.
Little Girl With Hoop Toy
This little girl, dressed in blue, is playing with a hoop and what appears to be a baton. The image is from A Child’s Book of Old Verses, 1910. Click on image to enlarge.
Clapsaddle Good Wishes for Thanksgiving Day
I didn’t realize until two days ago, when my daughter and I were making plans for our next visit, that Thanksgiving is less than a month away! Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October, quite a bit earlier than our American neighbors, who celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November. Our Thanksgiving holiday often…
