This vintage catalogue page includes a variety of kitchen utensils, including: a corkscrew, an egg timer, toothpicks, a potato masher, strainers, egg beaters, soap holders, spoons, spice racks and a rolling pin. I scanned the original page from my copy of the 1907 Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogue.
Vintage Lady Patience Illustration
This vintage postcard, titled Patience, features an illustration of a dark-haired lady wearing a blue gown and a white veil. She is walking along a sandy beach, carrying a large cross. Another postcard image from this set, titled Purity, is available on my blog here.
Vintage Pickle Jar Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of an old fashioned pickle jar. There is a label on the jar marked Piccalilly and the top of the jar is covered with a piece of fabric that is elasticized at the neck of the jar. I scanned the original image from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa…
Vintage Ice Coupons
Here are two strips of ice coupons. Each strip has four coupons: one strip has a pink background and the other strip has a yellow background. The pink coupons were each worth 25 pounds of ice and the yellow coupons were each worth 50 pounds of ice. The coupon book these coupons are from was…
Vintage Ice Coupon Book
Here is the front and back cover of a vintage coupon book that held enough coupons to redeem for 500 pounds of ice. The coupon book was printed for John Peters of Williamsport, PA.
Victorian Hats for Ladies Clip Art
This vintage clip art illustration includes a variety of hats for ladies that were fashionable in the fall of 1897. There are a total of seven hats on the page, two of which include head and shoulders illustrations of Victorian ladies wearing the hats. I scanned the original page from the October 1897 issue of The…
Witch Hazel Cream Vintage Label
Here is a pretty vintage label for Diana Witch Hazel Cream. The label was printed for J. B. Lynas & Son of Logansport, Indiana.
Vintage Halloween Poem
This vintage poem titled Halloween Frolic, by Helen Gray Cone, tells of a little witch who tried a merry spell to make the hares come to her from dingle and from dell. The little witch gave the hares names such as Fairy-foot, Sparkle-eyes, Fine-ear, Bob and Bun. When the little with told the hares what…
Stern Man Shabby Vintage Photo
With the harsh, stern expression on this man’s face and the shabby effects of aging on the photograph, this vintage picture has a rather spooky feeling.
Vintage Mitten Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for silk mittens that were made from Florence Knitting Silk. The mittens were manufactured by the Nonotuck Silk Company. Plus a black and white clip art version of the mitten illustration from the ad. scanned the original advertisement from the November 1892 issue of St. Nicholas magazine.
Vintage Scotch Pine Botanical Illustration
This vintage botanical illustration of Scotch Pine features a sprig of pine needles and three pine cones. I scanned the original image from Wild Fruits of the Country Side by F. Edward Hulme, 1907.
Vintage House Cleaning Supplies
This vintage illustration of house cleaning supplies includes: a broom, mop, pail, scrub brush, wooden bucket and wash board. I scanned the original image from the November 1892 issue of St. Nicholas magazine.
