Here is an illustration of a Victorian lady modelling an elegant Ladies’ Visiting Toilette. The outfit was designed from two sewing patterns: a ladies’ wrap and a ladies’ skirt. The illustration is from the November 1891 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge.
Map of Scotland ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a wonderful vintage C. S. Hammond map of Scotland. I scanned it from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906. Click on image to enlarge.
High Bred Arab Horse ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage engraving of a beautiful High-Bred Arab horse. The image is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume I, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
White, Pink and Red Roses ~ Free Vintage Image
This beautiful illustration from a vintage gardening catalog features an arrangement of white, pink and red roses and rosebuds. The image is from the Peter Henderson & Co. Everything for the Garden Manual, 1898. Click on image to enlarge.
Comfortable Morris Rocker ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage catalogue advertisement for a most comfortable Morris Rocker. A special feature of this chair was the automatic reclining back. With a turn of the hand nut on the side of the chair, the back of the chair would recline to any position desired. The price of the chair was $10.35 for…
Snowy Winter Country Scene
Here is a lovely vintage holiday greeting card that includes an illustration of a path, likely used by horse-drawn carriages, in the snow that leads to a snow-covered home the country. Smoke is billowing from the chimney of the house and snow-covered trees are in the background. Here is a version of the card without the ribbon on…
Silver Gray Dorkings
Here is a wonderful vintage clip art image of a hen and rooster. They are Silver-Gray Dorkings. The illustration is from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906. Click on image to enlarge.
Squash French Seed Label ~ Free Vintage Image
This vintage French seed label features a wonderful illustration of a green Naples squash, or gourd, on a yellow background. The description on the label is Courge Pleine de Naples. This type of vintage seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Tea Time ~ Free Clip Art
Here is an interesting page, titled Social Observances, from a Victorian ladies’ magazine. The page includes an illustration of two women, seated at a small table, drinking tea. The main article on the page gives detailed information regarding wedding customs of the day. One detail states that invitations should be sent out two weeks in…
Strawberry Shortcake ~ Free Vintage Food Image
Here is a vintage cookbook page that includes recipes for Ryzon Strawberry Shortcake and Ryzon Currant Shortcakes. The page also includes a colorful and delicious looking illustration of a strawberry shortcake. In case you want to try baking either of these recipes and you’re wondering what Ryzon is, it was a brand of baking powder….
Vintage Pumpkin ~ Free Clip Art
This vintage clipping provides some brief information about pumpkins and an illustration of a pumpkin placed on its side. Along with other details, the article states that young pumpkins can be used as a vegetable and when ripe they form a valuable esculent for soups and pumpkin pies. My original scan is from Beeton’s New Dictionary…
Victorian Calling Card ~ Free Vintage Image
This lovely Victorian calling card includes an illustration of a hand holding a small cluster of flowers. There are two messages on the card. They are: Without friends the world is but a wilderness, and: Bright be the skies above thee And green the earth beneath. Mayst thou have friends to love thee And sorrow…
