Here is a cute vintage New Year postcard, illustrated by Ellen Clapsaddle. A Victorian boy and girl are each seated on a chair beside a table that has been set for tea. The boy is dressed in a golden-brown colored knickers suit and holding a red hat on his lap. He is shyly looking downward. The…
Hot Air Balloon Free Vintage Graphics
This antique encyclopedia page includes a definition for the word “BALLOON”. An illustration of a hot air balloon is included. I’ve scanned the following page as well, which includes the remainder of the lengthy definition for balloon. Here is a black and white clip art version of the balloon. Click on images to enlarge. I scanned…
Remington Typewriter Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a Remington typewriter. The ad illustrates the old year, 1896, portrayed as a feeble old man, leaving the scene with his sickle and hour glass in hand. He is looking back at the new year, 1897, portrayed as a strong, angelic baby, typing on a Remington Standard Typewriter….
Sweet Briar Rose
Here is a vintage illustration of a pretty pink Sweet Briar Rose. And a cleaner version of the illustration on a white background. I scanned the original image from Familiar Wild Flowers by F. Edward Hulme, circa 1890. Click on images to enlarge.
Hair Clippers, Barbers Shears and Shaving Supplies
This antique catalog page features a variety of hair clippers, barbers’ shears and shaving supplies. Click on image to enlarge. I scanned the original page from the 1916 Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalogue.
Merry Christmas Village Scene
Merry Christmas everyone! This vintage Christmas postcard features a snowy night scene, with a full moon shining over village houses in the distance, framed by branches of holly and berries in the foreground. The message on the card is: Merry ChristmasThis greeting bringsregards to you,And all my heartywishes too. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Boy Plum Pudding Postcard
This vintage Christmas postcard by Ellen Clapsaddle features an adorable Victorian boy with curly blonde hair, dressed in red, white, and blue. The boy is standing on a wooden chair at the table, making him tall enough to place a sprig of holly and berries into the centre of the baked Christmas pudding that is…
Franklin Sugar Cookbook Pages
Here are two aged and shabby vintage cookbook pages that include images of a woman testing the temperature of heated sugar, a food scale set out with a marble board and candy-making tools, and a young lady in a blue and white plaid bonnet and apron carrying a basket filled with groceries. The pages also…
St. Nicholas Will Soon be Here
This vintage Christmas illustration features a boy, dressed in medieval attire, riding a horse. The boy is carrying an ornately decorated, medieval-style banner that displays the poem: St. Nicholas will soon be hereHe brings you love, he brings you cheer,A merrie Christmas,A glad New Year. Here is a black and white clip art version. I…
Mary Garden Perfume Ad
Here is a lovely vintage magazine advertisement for Mary Garden Perfume sold under the Rigaud label. The ad features a happy young couple bundled up for winter, standing outdoors on a snowy street. They have stopped to look into a large shop window and admire a display of Mary Garden perfumes and beauty products. The…
Holly Berries Red Bows and Bell
This beautiful vintage Christmas postcard clip art includes an illustration of a red ribbon bow fastened to a sprig of holly and berries in the upper left corner. The ribbon drapes across to the right side of the card where a gold bell hangs from another bow. The background is lavishly illustrated with branches of…
A Vintage Christmas Poem
Here is an illustrated vintage Christmas poem with the unusual title A New Mother Goose Jingle. The poem reads: Sing a song of Christmas-time,Mistletoe and holly,Two impatient little girls,Genevieve and Dolly.When the door was openedThey shouted in their glee,And wouldn’t you have shouted tooTo have so fine a tree?~ Dorothy G. Rice Here is a black and…
