Here is a printable illustration of a beautiful Victorian lady named Margarita. The 175 year old page she is on is also beautiful if you like grunge like I like grunge. I scanned the original page from the January 1842 issue of The New Monthly Belle Assemblee which is included in the latest book recently added…
Free Vintage Printable French Handwritten Receipt
Here is a shabby vintage handwritten French receipt. It is dated June 2, 1917 and was written on a piece of graph paper. It is complete with a stamp that was common on the antique French invoices and receipts. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Valentine Clip Art Cherub and Violets
This pretty vintage Valentine’s Day clip art postcard features an illustration of a cherub framed in a heart-shaped cluster of purple violets. Behind the cherub is a quiet country setting, where the edge of a lake meets the forest. The background of the card is purple, graduating from dark purple in the upper left corner…
Free Vintage Printable Grocery Store Receipt
This unused printable vintage grocery store receipt was printed for Ditto’s Store in the 1940s. Ditto’s was located on 644 Washington Avenue in Hagerstown, MD and could be reached at telephone number 1588J. The receipt has yellowed with age. Two small illustrations are included at the top of the invoice. One shows a store clerk,…
Free Vintage Clip Art Grocery Store Price Tags
Here are four vintage clip art grocery store price tags. The price of each tag is in a dark red font within a solid-line green frame, all on a lightly yellowed background. The price on the individual tags is: 19 cents, 23 cents, 50 cents and 2.89. I previously posted 2 of these tags in the…
Free Vintage Clip Art Shoe Polish
This vintage magazine advertisement for Whittemore’s Shoe Polishes includes an illustration of three of the company’s shoe polishes in boxes. Two of the boxes have the fronts partially torn away, revealing the old fashioned bottles inside. The prices of shoe polishes in this ad were 10 cents and 25 cents. Here is a black and…
Melancholy Victorian Girl Beautiful Free Clip Art
This Victorian card features a beautiful illustration of a blonde girl who appears to be rather melancholy. She is wearing a light green dress with a contrasting red sash and vibrant red hat to match. And she is carrying a small wooden, perhaps empty, birdcage. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Luncheon Recipe Graphics
This nine page vintage article titled Ladies’ Luncheons by Janet M. Hill includes two menus, with accompanying recipes, to successfully host a luncheon for ladies – early 1900s style. The first eight pages of this article (and other pages in the magazine that included photographs) were published on a paper that is glossier than the…
Ornamental Victorian Script Alphabet
This beautiful ornamental Victorian alphabet (initial script) was designed for engraving, fancy needlework, etc. Most of our modern-day alphabet is included on the two pages except the letters “X” and “I” or “J” Perhaps the letter included, whether it is intended to be an “I” or “J”, is interchangeable. I scanned the original pages from Hill’s…
Tulip Soap Floral Advertising Card
This Victorian advertising card for Tulip Soap features a beautiful illustration of a yellow rose clustered together with a purple lilac and plenty of green leaves. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Catalog Page of Groceries
This vintage catalog page features a variety of boxed, canned and bottled groceries that could be ordered by mail in the late 1800s. Some of the items available to order from the page were: coffee, tea, baking powder, cocoa, jelly, raisins, sardines and olives. I scanned the original page from the 1897-8 H. O’neill & Co. catalogue…
Free Vintage Kittens Image
This adorable vintage postcard image features two kittens sitting behind a wooden board. Their paws are resting on the top of the board and they appear to be singing their little hearts out. Click on image to enlarge.
