This vintage image features straw beehives. The beehive on the left is closed and one on the right is open. The illustration is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
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Little Brown Bird ~ Vintage School Lesson
This page, from a children’s vintage school book, includes a story about a little brown bird that has a nest in a tree. The bird can see the cat but the cat cannot see the bird because the bird’s nest is hidden by leaves in the tree. The page is from Our Little Book for Little Folks,…
Victorian Circus Performer ~ Clip Art Image
Here is a black and white clip art image of a Victorian circus performer dressed in a tasseled black skirt with white polka dots, a white shirt with polka dots, polka dot tights to match and a pointed hat. It appears this circus performer is in the midst of leading a trained animal in a…
Free Vintage Clip Art Image ~ Queen Bee, Working Bee, and Drone Bee
This vintage clip art image includes a drone (male) bee (top center), a queen (female) bee (lower left) and a working bee (lower right). I scanned the illustration from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
Pancakes Waffles Popovers Vintage Clip Art
Here are yummy looking images of: a stack of buckwheat pancakes, a stack of waffles and plate of popovers. The illustrations are from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Click on images to enlarge.
Cluster of Grapes ~ Free Vintage Clip Art Image
Here is a vintage image of a beautifully lush cluster of grapes with their leaves attached. The fully ripe grapes are hanging by a vine from a branch. This image is from the May 1880 issue of the American Agriculturist magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
The Liberty Bell by E. S. Brooks
THE LIBERTY BELL BY E. S. BROOKS. I – PHILADELPHIA, 1776. SQUARELY prim and stoutly built, Free from glitter and from gilt, Plain, – from lintel up to roof-tree and to belfry bare and brown – Stands the Hall that hot July, – While the folk throng anxious by, – Where the Continental Congress meets…
