Here is an illustration of a Victorian lady modelling a Ladies’ Mourning Toilette. The toilette was designed with four patterns, including: Ladies’ Basque, Over-Skirt, Sprung Collar and Half-Circle Skirt. The illustration is from the April 1894 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image. Click on images to…
Antique Map of United States ~ Free Image
Here is a wonderful antique map of the United States. I scanned the map from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906. Click on image to enlarge.
Aneroid Barometer ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art image of an aneroid barometer. Following is a brief description from the book I scanned the image from: “If carefully made and adjusted, the aneroid is quite as reliable as the mercurial barometer, and may be specially recommended for household use… and is lettered with the familiar indications of the…
Hood’s Latest ~ Free Victorian Trade Card Image
This Victorian trading card features the face of a pretty young lady peeking through a torn newspaper. The heading of the newspaper is Hood’s Latest and the year was 1884. The advertising on the card is for Hood’s Sarsaparilla – a preparation of sarsaparilla, dandelion, mandrake, yellow dock and other remedial agents, to purify the…
Calathea Veitchii ~ Free Vintage Botanical Clip Art
Here is a beautiful vintage clip art illustration of a potted plant. The name of the plant is Calathea Veitchii. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
Old Fashioned Ladies’ Shoes ~ Free Vintage Image
This shabby vintage catalog page features four lovely, old fashioned, styles of ladies’ and one style of girls’ tall, lace-up shoes. Sale prices for the shoes range between $4.29 to $6.48 for the ladies’ styles and $2.98 for the girls’ style. The page is from a Chicago Mail Order Co. clothing catalogue, titled Challenge Sale that expired on February…
Skeleton of Man ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art image of a skeleton of man. The illustration is from Hooker’s Illustrated Natural History by Worthington Hooker, M.D. The book was published in 1864. Click on image to enlarge.
Ariosa Coffee Victorian Card ~ Free Graphics
Here is a Victorian advertising card for Arbuckle’s Ariosa coffee. The front of the card includes an illustration of four birds. Three of the birds are nestled in deep grass and one bird is about to fly off (or is perhaps returning to the others in the grass). From the information included on the back of this…
Victorian Ladies’ Hats ~ Free Clip Art
Here are two clip art images of lovely Victorian ladies’ hats. The catalogue description for the first hat is “Black Fancy Straw, with black chiffon folds and pompons, wreath of violets in white and natural shades, fold of velvet on under brim. $4.98, 6.48. Same hat untrimmed, black only .95” The description for the second…
Oxalic Acid Poison Label ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage poison label for Oxalic Acid that was printed for Case’s Drug Store. The label includes an illustration of a skull and cross bones in the upper left corner. The antidote for this poison was carbonate of soda, potash, lime, magnesia, chalk, calcined magnesia, followed by demulcent drinks, white of egg or…
Embroidery Picture Frame ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage embroidery pattern for a picture frame includes a beautiful design of flowers and branches. The image is from the February 1896 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Clapsaddle Thanksgiving Postcard ~ Free Image
Happy Thanksgiving Day to all of my fellow Canadians and Happy Columbus Day to my neighbors south of the border! This adorable vintage Thanksgiving postcard, by Ellen Clapsaddle, features a young girl offering a cob of corn to a large turkey. The message on the card is: Good Wishes for Thanksgiving Day. Click on image…
