Here is an antique cabinet card photograph of a handsome Victorian boy. He is dressed in a pin-stripe suit jacket, matching shorts, dress shirt and large bow tie at the collar of his shirt. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Clip Art Dictionary Page Pumpkin
This aged page is from a vintage dictionary published in 1922. It includes the words: pulley, pulpit, pulse, puma, pumpkin and punctuation. Click on image to enlarge.
Card Seed Co Vintage Onion Seed Packet
Here is a vintage seed packet for White Bermuda Onions. The illustration on the front of the packet includes three of the onions. The package was printed for the Card Seed Co. of Fredonia, N. Y. The back of the package includes directions for planting the seeds. Click on images to enlarge.
Kelly Springfield Vintage Magazine Tire Ad
“Don’t be a “Rough Rider” in your own vehicle” is the catchphrase in this fun vintage magazine advertisement by the Kelly-Springfield Tire company. The ad features an illustration of three calm and relaxed people riding in a carriage that is being pulled by horses running at high speed. I scanned the original ad from the…
Vintage Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Clip Art
This vintage Thanksgiving postcard features an illustration of a table set for a special roast turkey dinner. Included on the table that has been covered with a linen tablecloth is: a roast turkey, slice of pie, bowl of fruit and small bowls of what may be cranberries and olives. A bottle of wine and jug…
Bountiful Harvest Border Design
This beautifully illustrated border design features a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables intermingled with a variety of flowers and leaves. I scanned the original illustration from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. The thumbnail preview appears small in this blog post; however, when you click on it,…
Victorian Family Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage advertising card for the Domestic Sewing Machine Company features an illustration of a Victorian family having fun at home. Mother is resting in an armchair, reading a book, but has taken a moment to watch father and their three children playing on the floor. A ship on the water in the distance can…
Free Vintage Clip Art Wheat Illustration
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of four heads of wheat. I scanned the original engraving from The Teachers’ and Pupils” Cyclopaedia, 1905. Click on image to enlarge.
Carpet Designs Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage catalog page includes six samples of beautiful carpet designs in a variety of pretty colors. Most of the patterns are floral designs. The page also includes descriptions and prices of each of the carpets. The prices ranged between 59 cents and 73 cents per yard. I scanned the original page from the 1908 …
Free Vintage Clip Art Moustache Guard Ad
Here is a fun vintage magazine advertisement for a detachable moustache guard that was manufactured by Donaldson & Co., of Detroit, Michigan. The ad claimed the moustache guard made dainty china look daintier. I scanned the original ad from the May 1899 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal. Click on image to enlarge.
Witch Hazel Liniment Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a pink vintage pharmacy label for Dr. Lochman’s Witch Hazel Liniment. The liniment was recommended to take internally for a variety of ailments, such as: colds, coughs, sore throat, croup, dysentery and colic. The liniment was also recommended for external use for burns, scalds, bruises, strains, punctured and lacerated wounds, insect stings, animal…
Various Leaves Free Vintage Clip Art
The title of this book plate is Various Leaves. The names of the numbered leaves are as follows: 1. Leaf of the winter Oak (Quercus sessiliflora);2. Spray of the bitter Oak (Quercus cerris);3. Leaf of the Maple (Acer campestre);4. Spray of the sugar Maple (Acer plantanoides);5. Leaf of a species of Ranunculus;6. Leaf of the…
