MY LITTLE GIRLIE. LITTLE girlie tell to me What your wistful blue eyes see? Why you like to stand so high, Looking at the far-off sky. Does a tiny Fairy flit In the pretty blue of it? Or is it that you hope so soon To see the rising yellow Moon? Or is it –…
Vintage Beauty Products ~ Free Printable Catalogue Page
This vintage catalogue page features a variety of beauty and hair supplies. Most of the products are for women; a few are for men. The items listed on the page are: Face Powder and Talcum Holder, Fancy Glass Puff Box, Decorated Glass Puff Box, Elite Powder Leaves for the Complexion, Pocket Book Toilet Case, Handy Toilet Box,…
Handsome Victorian Man
This handsome, neatly dressed Victorian gentleman with wavy hair and a neatly trimmed beard is George A. Gaskell (1844 – 1885), professor and author. The image is from Gaskell’s Compendium of Forms Educational Social Legal and Commercial, 1880. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image of Gaskell. Click on images to…
Historical Geography Map of Africa ~ Free Digital Image
Here is a beautiful old map of Africa. Madagascar, as well as some of the surrounding countries to the north and northwest of Africa are also shown on this antique map. This is a C. S. Hammond map, printed in one of a two-volume set of dictionaries in my collection that was published in 1906. Click on…
Ornamental Oval Design and Frame ~ Free Clip Art
This beautiful oval ornamental pattern is made up of intertwined flowers and leaves. It was originally intended for use as an embroidery design. The description from the book is as follows: “We introduce here the central design of a cover for a child’s cradle or bassinet, manufactured and exhibited by Messrs. D. & J. Macdonald…
Victorian Calling Card ~ Free Vintage Image
This lovely Victorian calling card includes an illustration of flowers and leaves framing a bird that is perched beside a stamped envelope. The message on the envelope is: Accept my unchanging love. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Roses Garden Catalogue Page and Clip Art ~ Free Graphics
This vintage garden catalogue page includes descriptions and prices for a variety of roses, such as: The Yellow Rambler, Climbing Wootton, Mrs. Pierpont Morgan, Madame Abel Chatenay (hybrid tea) and Belle Siebrecht. Illustrations of the The Yellow Rambler and Belle Siebrecht are included on the page. I scanned the original page from the Peter Henderson & Co. Everything…
Vintage Homes with Attached Garages
Here is an image of two lovely vintage homes on a quiet street. Both houses have been built with attached garages, a new feature to consider when building a home in the late teens and early 1920s. This is the floor plan for the house on the left. And the floor plan for the house on…
Victorian Mother and Baby
This vintage image includes a Victorian mother lifting back the curtain from the side of her baby’s bassinet to look in on her baby. The baby is awake, with arms eagerly outstretched, anxious to be in mommy’s arms. The image is from Child Life, A First Reader, by Etta Austin Blaisdell and Mary Frances Blaisdell, 1902. Click on image…
Japanese Rose Flowering Branch
Here is a beautiful flowering branch of Camellia Japonica or Japanese Rose. The engraving 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.
Penmanship Handwriting Specimens ~ Free Printable Vintage Book Page
The title on this old book page is Specimens of Handwriting and featured on the page are several samples of penmanship. The names written on the page show the improvement, by home practice, of those following the self-teaching penmanship system as given in the book this page is from and also from Gaskell’s Compendium. The page…
Yellow Layer Cake ~ Free Vintage Food Graphic
Here is a vintage image of a delicious looking four-layer yellow cake on a white serving plate. A piece of the cake has been cut and is set out on a small dish, ready to be served. The image is from the Ryzon Baking Book by Marion Harris Neil, 1917. Edited to add the recipe (by request). Click…
