Just a quick heads up to let you know that I’m making a few organizational changes to the vintage images on my blog and that if you are searching for something you know was here – it is still here but it may be in a different place. For example, I have renamed the “School…
Free Vintage Carnation Flowers Clip Art
Here is a beautiful vintage clip art illustration of three white and red carnations. The caption below the illustration is “Picotees”. A picotee is a flower whose petals are edged by a different color than the main color of the flower petals. I scanned the original image from Familiar Garden Flowers, circa 1897, by F….
Free Vintage Clip Art Steamer Trunk
Here is a vintage catalog listing for a “Battleship” Steamer Trunk. The trunk was available in three sizes with prices ranging from $10.00 for the smallest size to $11.60 for the largest size. The ad is from the 1916 Sears Roebuck and Co. winter catalogue. Here is a black and white clip art version of the trunk from the…
Free Vintage Clip Art Valentine Stamps
This set of twenty-five vintage clip art valentine stamps features several cute characters offering plenty of hugs and kisses. These red, white and blue stamps were designed for children to cut out and paste on valentine envelopes. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Clip Art Rose Illustration
Here is a beautiful vintage illustration of a wild rose. The scientific name for this rose is Rosa Spinosissima (burnet-leaved rose). “Spinosissima” means “the most spiny”. Here is a black and white clip art version of the illustration. I scanned the original image from Flowers of the Field by Rev. C. A. Johns. The book…
Free Vintage Printable Tea Coffee Pot Advertisement
Here is a vintage advertisement for the “rapid” tea pot and a coffee urn & cafetiere which were patented by General Hutchinson. The sole manufacturer of the equipment was Henry Loveridge & Co., of Wolverhampton. I scanned the original ad from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Clip Art Calves at the Farm
Here is a vintage illustration of two sweet little calves in a field at the farm. Here is a black and white clip art version. I scanned the original image from the children’s book Visit to the Farm by Koerner & Hayes, 1896. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Printable Cookbook Page Muffins Waffles
This vintage cookbook page includes recipes for cereal muffins, waffles, chocolate waffles, buckwheat cakes, royal griddle cakes and rice griddle cakes. An illustration of perfectly prepared waffles and pancakes is included at the bottom of the page. I scanned the original page from Any one can Bake, 1929, published by the Royal Baking Powder Co. (copyright was not…
Free Vintage Clip Art Breakfast Table Setting
This vintage illustration features an elegant breakfast table setting for eight people. Here is a black and white clip art version. I scanned the original illustration from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Printable Vintage Valentine Elephant in Tub
This printable vintage valentine features an adorable illustration of a happy baby elephant taking a bubble bath in a little black claw foot tub. Flowers and a big red heart are painted on the side of the tub. A greeting within the heart is: I want tub-be yours. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Printable Birds Illustration
This vintage illustration includes two birds: a Snowflake on a tree branch and an American Goldfinch on a dried out log on a beach. I scanned the original page from Birdcraft by Mabel Osgood Wright, 1897. The illustrations are by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images…
Free Vintage Printable White Lilies
Here is beautiful vintage printable illustration of three white lilies on a light green background. I scanned the original page from Flowers from Dell and Bower, 1896. Click on image to enlarge.
