Here is a vintage poem, with an adorable illustration, by Oscar Pletsch. The poem, titled Quiet Enjoyment, is about a small dog protecting a baby boy he is in charge of. The illustration on the page features the dog paying close attention to a bird that has come near the baby. The baby, quietly enjoying…
Free Vintage Clip Art Apple Crate Label
Here is beautiful crate label for Rose Brand Apples. The label includes a lovely illustration of two dark pink roses on a navy blue background. Also included on the label is branding for Rose Brand Apples by J. M. Wade, packer and shipper, from Wenatchee, Washington. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Woman’s Shoe Clip Art Ad
This vintage magazine clip art features an advertisement for a woman’s dress shoe that was manufactured by the Moore-Shafer Shoe Mfg. Co. The ad includes an image of a lady’s elegant lace-up shoe (that we would refer to as a boot today). I scanned the original advertisement from the October 1904 issue of The Ladies’…
Free Vintage Clip Art Tomato Seed Packet
Here is a vintage seed packet for Livingston’s Beauty Pomedoro Grosso Tomato seeds. The illustration on the front of the packet includes two ripe red tomatoes with a garden and a farmhouse in the background. The package was printed for the Card Seed Co. of Fredonia, N. Y. The back of the package includes directions…
Free Vintage Clip Art Young Lady Photo
This antique cabinet card features a photograph of a beautiful young Victorian lady. Her hair is curled and pinned and she is wearing a lovely dress with poufy upper sleeves, a gingham front and a large, lace collar. An ornamental pin decorates the neckline of her collar. The back of the card includes an elegant…
Free Vintage Clip Art Black Bryony
Here is a lovely vintage illustration of Black Bryony with yellowing leaves and berries in shades of green, red and yellow. I scanned the original image from Wild Fruits of the Country Side by F. Edward Hulme, 1907. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Clip Art Street in Paris Postcard
Hi everyone! I have time to post images to my blog again. It won’t be every day and I generally won’t have enough extra time to do extensive restorative work on the images but I would like to share more from my collection with you here. This vintage postcard features an illustration of a busy…
Free Vintage Clip Art Tulips
Here is a beautiful vintage clip art illustration of two colorful tulips. I scanned the original image from Familiar Garden Flowers, circa 1897, by F. Edward Hulme. Click on image to enlarge. I have opened a second Etsy shop where I will be selling original postcards, ephemera, book plates, etc. from my collection. I also plan…
Free Vintage Clip Art Sewing Notions
Here is a black and white vintage clip art illustration of sewing notions. This comes in response to a request for the art intertwined with the title of The Dressmaker page I posted a few days ago to be extracted. You can find the original dressmaker page on my blog here. The original page is…
Free Vintage Clip Art Pigeons
Here is an illustrated vintage poem of pigeons eating seeds from the ground. The poem tells how the birds come when called and eat breakfast at the feet of those calling, “For kindness makes them tame and sweet”. Here is a black and white clip art version of the pigeons eating seeds from the ground….
Free Vintage Clip Art Tulip Soap Trade Card
This vintage trade card includes an illustration of a scenic view of a country house in winter. A bird is flying above. There is also an illustration of a beautiful dark pink rose and two rosebuds on the right. The advertising on the card is for Tulip Soap. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Victorian Printable Cabinet Card Photograph
This beautiful Victorian cabinet card features a head and shoulders photograph of a woman and a man seated next to one another. The sepia-toned photograph of the couple has been cut into an oval shape, framed with an ornate black design and mounted on a cabinet card that is finished in a dark gray material…
