This adorable vintage engraving, by Oscar Pletsch, features two little girls washing doll clothes in a big old wooden tub. The illustration is from Little Folks and Little Friends by Oscar Pletsch, circa 1880. Click on image to enlarge.
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Willimantic Thread ~ Free Vintage Advertising Card
This vintage advertising card features a young girl in a white dress holding an old fashioned chalkboard on which is written: Willimantic The Best THREAD for Sewing Machines. Here is the aged and shabby back of the card. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Doll Storybook Illustration
This vintage storybook illustration, titled Poor Dolly’s Tired, features a young girl tucking her tired dolly in to bed. The doll has a nice wicker cradle and a soft beige blanket. The image is from a storybook titled The Sunbeams and Me, by Helen Marion Burnside & Nesbit, Mary Dickens, M. A. Hoyer, and others, illustrated by Helen…
Little Penelope’s Sewing ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a sweet vintage poem titled Little Penelope’s Sewing by Anna M. Pratt. An illustration of a young girl sewing a crazy quilt for her doll accompanies the poem. My original scan is from the May 1885 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image from the…
Love Birds ~ Free Vintage Storybook Illustration
This vintage storybook illustration, titled Love Birds, features a young girl named Evie, and young boy named Jack, standing beside the cage of two turquoise-colored love birds. Jack is offering a piece of chickweed to one of the birds and the Evie is feeding the other bird a lump of sugar. The image is from…
The Little Cooks ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This adorable vintage engraving, by Oscar Pletsch, features two little girls preparing dinner with their toy dishes, small table and play stove. Here is an excerpt of the story from the book: “…the little girls began to cook their dinner. It was great fun, Mary thought; indeed, she liked it almost better than playing with…
The Knitting Lesson ~ Free Vintage Storybook Image
This vintage storybook illustration, titled The Knitting Lesson, features a mother teaching her young daughter know to knit. The mom, seated on a chair outdoors, is knitting with blue yarn as her little girl, standing by her side, intently watches her mother knitting. The image is from a storybook titled The Sunbeams and Me, by Helen Marion…
Going to See Grandmamma by Kate Greenaway
GOING TO SEE GRANDMAMMA. LITTLE Molly and DamonAre walking so far,For they’re going to seeTheir kind Grandmamma. And they very well know,When they get there she’ll takeFrom out of her cupboardSome very nice cake. And into her gardenThey know they may run,And pick some red currants,And have lots of fun. So Damon to doggieSays, “How…
Victorian Girls Fashion ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a sweet image of two Victorian girls sharing a hug. They are modelling two of the latest girls’ clothing styles for the winter of 1891. The outfit of the girl on the left is referred to as a Child’s House Toilette and the outfit of the girl on the right is referred to…
On The Wall Top 2 ~ Free Kate Greenaway Image
ON THE WALL TOP. SO high – so high on the wall we run, The nearer the sky – why, the nearer the sun. If you give me one penny, I’ll give you two, For that’s the way good neighbours do. This vintage storybook image and poem, On The Wall Top (spelling and grammar as it is…
On The Wall Top 1 ~ Free Kate Greenaway Image
ON THE WALL TOP. DANCING and prancing to town we go, On the top of the wall of the town we go. Shall we talk to the stars, or talk to the moon, Or run along home to our dinner so soon? This vintage storybook image and poem, On The Wall Top (spelling and grammar as it…
Victorian Flower Girl ~ Free Vintage Postcard Image
This lovely vintage postcard image features a Victorian girl in a white dress and yellow straw hat. She is spilling a basket of beautiful flowers as she walks along a path of grass. Perhaps she is a flower girl at a wedding. The message on the bottom of the card is: To the One I…
