This vintage Christmas menu includes: Oysters, Soup, Crackers, Fish, Potatoes, Caper Sauce, Sweetbread Pate, Roast Capon, Jelly, Creamed Onions, Ginger Punch, Plum Pudding, Fruit, Coffee, Nuts and Bonbons. A lovely design of holly and berries, tied with a bow, decorates the top of the menu. Here is a black and white clip art version of…
Fruitcake Recipes
This vintage cookbook page includes an illustration of a White Fruit Cake and recipes for Date Nut Bars and Chocolate Fruit Patties. Here is a cleaner version of the illustration of White Fruit Cake. Here is a second page that includes the recipe for the White Fruit Cake pictured on the page posted above. The…
Ladies’ Circular Wrap Clip Art
Here is a beautiful illustration of a Victorian lady modelling an elegant Ladies’ Circular Wrap. The image is from the December 1900 issue of The Designer magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Family Around Christmas Tree
This vintage Christmas postcard includes a Victorian mother and her four children gathered around a decorated Christmas tree. They are framed within a wreath of holly and berries. The message on the card is: May the sunshine of affection Light to day! Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Dolls ~ Free Clip Art
Here are two beautiful vintage doll clip art illustrations. The images are from the February 1908 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on images to enlarge.
Antique Christmas Text Magazine Pages
These two aged pages are from the December 1900 issue of The Designer magazine. The first page includes a lovely Christmas frame around typewritten details for three contests The Designer was running at the end of the year 1900. The second page outlines the rules that applied to all three contests. Click on images to enlarge.
Pretty Tied Bow Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of a ribbon that has been tied into a pretty bow. The image is from the June 1908 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Deer in Snowy Field
This vintage Christmas postcard features a deer standing in a snowy field at the edge of a forest. A pretty swirl, poinsettia and sprig of holly and berries decorate the left side of the card. The greeting on the postcard is: With all good Christmas Wishes. Click on image to enlarge.
Dressing the Dolls
This adorable vintage engraving, by Oscar Pletsch, features two little girls dressing their dolls. The illustration is from Little Folks and Little Friends by Oscar Pletsch, circa 1880. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Children Gathering Twigs
This vintage Christmas card features two Victorian children gathering twigs in the snow. The girl is wearing a red winter coat outlined with white fur and matching red hat. The boy is dressed in a blue suit and matching blue cap. The message on the card is: Wishing you a happy Christmas. The card is from…
Horse Drawn Sleighs
This tattered and shabby page of horse-drawn sleighs (or cutters) is from the 1907 Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogue. Here are black and white clip art versions of the sleighs from the page. Click on images to enlarge.
Santa Going into Chimney
This fun vintage Christmas postcard features an illustration of Santa, with a bag full of toys, about to step into a chimney. Trees and houses are in the background and a sprig of holly and berries, tied with a red bow, is above Santa. The message on the card is: A Happy ChristmasSanta brings a…
