This vintage magazine clipping promotes the use of a portable wicker picnic basket (referred to as a fruit package) “for packing fruit, game, vegetables, bottled liquids, meat, and any of those things which we put up in the square or oblong crates.” Here is a black and white clip art version of the open and…
Beatrix Potter Mouse
Here is a Beatrix Potter illustration of an adorable little mouse named Hunca Munca. She is wearing a purple floral dress and white pinafore and carrying a broom and dustpan. The image is from a vintage storybook titled The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter, 1904. Click on image to enlarge.
Brazilian Cardinal Bird Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage illustration of a lovely Brazilian Cardinal bird perched on a tree branch. The image is from a book titled Canaries and Cage Birds by George H. Holden, published in 1895. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Floral French Seed Label
This beautiful vintage French seed label features an illustration of four colorful flowers. The description on the label is Belle de Nuit Variee which, according to an online translation, is Beautiful Night Variee in English although I’m guessing Variee can further be translated to Variety. When researching the name of this flower, I was fascinated to learn that some flowers…
Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis Floral Clip Art
Here is a beautiful flowering branch of Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis. Plus a black and white clip art version. The engraving is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Bay Rum Label
Here is beautifully designed and colorful vintage label for Bay Rum. The rum contained 37% grain alcohol and was guaranteed by Phil Eisemann under the Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906. Here is a matching neck bottle label. Click on images to enlarge.
Moustache Man Vintage Clip Art
This vintage illustration features a young Victorian “moustache man” dressed in a tennis suit. His outfit consists of a long sleeve button-down shirt with a tie finished into a bow at the collar, cumberbund at the waist, and striped pants. The man is also wearing a cap and holding a tennis ball in his left hand. The…
Easter Bunny and Girl Dancing
This vintage Easter postcard features a well-dressed bunny dancing with a happy girl and her doll in a meadow. The illustration is enclosed within a pretty frame of silver and floral designs. Two small chicks are perched at the top edges of the frame. The message on the card is: A Happy EasterLike the sunshine…
Victorian Boy Valentine Postcard
This vintage Valentine’s Day postcard features a head and shoulders illustration of an adorable Victorian boy, wearing a green and white striped shirt and lime green bow tie, within a large red heart. The greeting on the card is: Twas nice of St. ValentineTo give me a dayOn which I have the nerve to sayThat…
Embroidered Monograms Clip Art
This vintage magazine clipping includes a variety of six beautiful embroidered monogram designs. The article includes instructions to transfer the designs with tissue paper but I’m thinking that modern-day transfer methods may be more efficient. Here is a black and white clip art version of the monograms. I scanned the original article from the January 1890…
Free Vintage Grunge Texture Graphics
Here are three shabby grunge paper texture graphics. I scanned the originals from antique books in my collection that were published in the late 1800s. Click on images to enlarge.
Gordon Setter Dog Engraving
Here is a wonderful vintage engraving of a Gordon Setter dog. Information included below the image indicates the dog was named Lady Pilot. She was born July 4, 1880 and was owned by Samuel G. Dixon, of Philadelphia. Here is a black and white clip art version. I scanned the original image from The Illustrated Stock…
