These two vintage book pages include the full definition for the word “Skeleton”. An illustration of a human skeleton and a list of the names of the bones of man is included on the second page. Here is a black and white clip art version of the skeleton. I scanned the original pages from The…
Vintage Postcard Ephemera Winter
This beautiful vintage postcard features an illustration of a snow-covered country home. The scene is peaceful and quiet. Warm yellow lighting glows through most of the windows of the house. I think it would be cozy to be in this house on a cold winter day. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Postcard Ephemera Christmas
This vintage business postcard, by the General Card Co., was advertising for potential sales people to sell personalized Christmas cards. Fifty personalized Christmas cards sold for $1.00 and the advertisement indicates that up to $5.00 could be earned in a day by taking orders “for the fastest-selling Personal Christmas Cards ever offered”. An extra dollar…
Vintage Poison Labels Free Clip Art
Here are two vintage red and white poison labels. The first label is for muriatic acid and the second is for a formaldehyde solution. Both labels include the word POISON in capital letters, illustrations of skulls and crossbones and antidotes. They were printed for Willard’s Drug Store in Lusk, Wyoming. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Printable Menus Free Clip Art
Here are three aged and worn vintage book pages of printable menus. Included on the pages are meal plans for: a family breakfast, a breakfast party, a family dinner, dinner parties, two suppers and a week of economical dinners. The first page includes an illustration of a platter of fruit. Here is a black and…
Vintage Thanksgiving Postcard Clip Art
Happy Thanksgiving Day to my fellow Canadians and anyone else that may be celebrating Thanksgiving today! This vintage Thanksgiving postcard features an illustration of two bunnies on a hill overlooking a field of stooks of hay and pumpkins. The message on the card is: THANKSGIVING HAPPINESSIn the pumpkins golden glowShines a wish for you,For Thanksgiving…
Raggedy Ann Gets a Haircut
This vintage storybook page features a cute illustration of Raggedy Ann getting a haircut. I scanned the original page from Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle. The book was published in 1918. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Clip Art Stove Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for an early cook stove. In 1899, this stove was a new concept and much different than the commonly used wood-burning cook stoves of the time. This stove burned “ordinary kerosene oil, as used in lamps, with an intensely hot blueflame”. It cost $19.00 complete. The ad includes an…
Vintage Clip Art Dictionary Page Bicycle
This blog post is in response to a request for a dictionary page with the word bicycle. Some of the other words included on the page are: biceps, bicuspid, bicycling, bicyclist, bid, biennial and bier. I scanned the original from a vintage dictionary that was published in 1922. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Book Cover Sunshine and Roses
Here is an aged and yellowed vintage book cover (front and back) from a small vintage book of poetry titled Sunshine and Roses. Included on the front of the book cover is an illustration of two roses. The book was published in 1910. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Gourds Clip Art
This vintage catalog listing includes a brief description of, and pricing for, a variety of gourds, including: mixed gourd, nest egg gourd, dishcloth gourd, dipper gourd, mock orange, calabash or pipe gourd and heavenly blue ipomea. The packets, for any variety, were priced at 5 cents each. The ad includes an illustration of a variety…
Sycamore Leaf Botanical Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage botanical illustration of a sycamore leaf and fruit. In reference to the fruit, the article in the book states, “One venerable author describes the arrangement as “fruit fastened together by couples, one right against another, with kernels bumping neere to the place in which they are combined: in all the other…
