This shabby, worn cover from the Aug. – Sept. 1908 issue of The Boston Cooking School Magazine includes illustrations of cooking equipment, steaming cups (perhaps filled with tea), a sugar bowl filled with sugar cubes and a creamer. Stalks of wheat are designed in a circular pattern behind the illustrations. The magazine was a 10…
Valentine Cherub and Dove
This adorable vintage Valentine’s Day postcard features a cherub in a boat made of forget-me-nots. The boat is filled with pretty pink hearts and is being pulled by a white dove. The greeting on the card is: To my Valentine. Click on image to enlarge.
Les Parisiennes Fashion Plates Advertisement
This vintage magazine advertisement for Les Parisiennes Fashion Plates features two lovely illustrations of ladies modelling the latest in spring and summer suits for 1912. The ad claims that Les Parisiennes Fashion Plates were “recognized the world over as the supreme authority on correct tailor-made styles”. Here are black and white clip art versions of…
Free Vintage Image ~ Toilet Water Label
Here is a colorful vintage perfume label for Carnation Toilet Water. It was prepared for Phil Eisemann of Lancaster, PA. The illustration on the label includes lovely pink and red carnations. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Fishing Tackle
Here are three vintage catalogue pages of fishing tackle. Some of the items included on the pages are: casting and fly rods, reels, bait, leads, hooks, fishing line, flies and sinkers. The pages are from the 1916 Sears Roebuck and Co. winter catalogue. Click on images to enlarge.
Ferry’s Seeds Advertisement
This vintage magazine advertisement for Ferry’s Seeds claims that “If you buy Ferry’s Seeds your garden may be a collection of finest specimens” for the seeds were thoroughbred, “true to type and of tested vitality and productiveness”. The ad includes a lovely illustration of a Victorian lady, on a cobblestone path in her garden, carrying…
Victorian Social Code
When I posted the Second Cotillon Victorian dance invitation a couple days ago, I was asked by a blog reader how that type of invitation worked. When I went in search of the answer, I found the entire article the invitation was part of to be very interesting. In many respects, the world was a much…
Playful Valentine Cherubs
This adorable vintage Valentine’s Day postcard features three cherubs playing with musical instruments, pink hearts and purple flowers in a peaceful meadow. Cupid is seated on the grass with his quiver full of arrows tied at his back by his sash. The greeting on the card is: To my Valentine. Click on image to enlarge.
Shabby Antique Fashion Pages
Here are two shabby antique fashion pages that include ten illustrations of models dressed in a variety of ladies’ clothing from the early Victorian era. The pages are from the January 1842 issue of The New Monthly Belle Assemblee. Click on images to enlarge.
Antique Dance Invitation
Here is an antique invitation to the “Second Cotillon at Sherry’s on Monday evening, January twenty-eighth, from nine until one o’clock.” I learned from an online search that a cotillon is a lively French country dance that originated in France in the 18th century. Here is a black and white version of the invitation. Click on…
1908 New Year Holly and Berries Card
This lovely vintage New Year postcard graphic features an illustration of the numbers 1908 created from intertwined snow-tipped sprigs of holly and berries. There is a patch of snow along the lower left border of the card and a row of snow-covered icicles hanging from the top. The greeting on the card is: A Happy New…
Rustic Pottery and Cherries
Here is a lovely vintage New Year postcard by Catherine Klein. Clusters of cherries and a few single cherries are placed alongside a rustic pottery vase on a tabletop. The greeting on the card is: A Happy New Year. For additional creative options, here is a version of the card with the wording removed. Click…
