Here is a vintage violin and bow clip art illustration. I scanned the original image from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851.
Vintage Recipes Bread and Rolls
This vintage cookbook page includes recipes for: Peanut Butter Bread, Cheese Straws, Nut and Raisin Rolls and Luncheon Rolls. An illustration of each cooked or baked food is included to the left of the recipes on the page. I scanned the original page from Any one can Bake, 1929, published by the Royal Baking Powder Co. (copyright…
Vintage Postcard Back Handwritten
This shabby vintage postcard back includes a handwritten message, dated 1917, to Ada from Lila. Lila is sending simple but hearty greetings for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year, as well as good wishes to both Ada and Mr. Noyes. An American Red Cross Christmas – New Year seal is in the upper right hand…
Vintage Butterfly Clip Art Frame
This beautiful vintage clip art design features several butterflies within a square-shaped rope frame. The design was originally created to be an embroidery pattern for a pincushion cover. I scanned the original image from the October 1897 issue of The Delineator magazine.
Cute Kitten in Shoe Trading Card
This vintage trading card features an illustration of a cute white kitten in a shoe that is baby blue in color. A gold necklace and pink cloth or small article of clothing is on the floor beside the shoe.
Vintage Chandelier Clip Art
This book plate includes a variety of styles of vintage chandeliers. The styles of chandeliers illustrated on the page are:1. Modern, style of the German Renascence;2. German Renascence, Hemispherical, for 8 candles;3 – 6. Modern, bronze and wrought-iron; and7. Modern, French, by the sculptor Villeminot (L’art pour tous). Here is a black and white clip…
Vintage Christmas Greeting Card
This vintage Christmas greeting card features an illustration of children, behind a wall of large snowballs, throwing small snowballs at adults riding by in a horse-drawn sleigh. A small town in the valley can be seen in the distance. The message on the card is: My Greeting We may not play with snow balls,Nor have…
Vintage Pastry Clip Art
Here is a display of six vintage pastry clip art illustrations. My original scan is from the puddings and pastry section of Mrs. Beeton’s Household Management, circa 1888.
Victorian Christmas Carollers
This vintage Christmas greeting card features an illustration of carollers singing at a front entrance of a house on a quiet, snow-covered Victorian street. The carollers are dressed in warm, elegant Victorian clothing. The inside of the card includes a small illustration of holly leaves and berries and the greeting: Merry Christmas with Best Wishes…
Vintage Halloween Clip Art
Happy Halloween! This vintage article about Halloween mentions that school children find a peculiar fascination in the weird legends and time-honored symbols of Halloween. The article suggests that school children keep busy with projects such as: making booklets in the shape of pumpkins, black cats, witches’ hats or brooms, which may serve as invitation to…
Child Chef Vintage Illustration
This vintage postcard features an illustration of a child immersed in playing chef on the kitchen floor. This little chef, dressed only in an apron and chef’s hat, is using a top hat as a mixing bowl for the food he or she is preparing. The greeting on the postcard is a single word, “Kuchenchef”….
Vintage Alarm Clock Clip Art
Here is a vintage alarm clock clip art illustration. The numbers on the face of the clock are Roman Numerals. The clock sits on two small legs and has a large bell at the top, above the clock face. I scanned the original illustration from The Wanamaker Stores 1903-4 Holiday Catalogue.
