This vintage postcard features a well-dressed Victorian boy carrying flowers. He has a basket of pretty pink flowers balanced on his left shoulder and is holding, in his right hand, a green watering pail that is filled with a few more of the pretty pink flowers. The message on the postcard is: Heartiest Congratulations. Here…
Children
The Cow ~ Vintage Poem and Clip Art
Here is a sweet poem about a boy who loves his cow. The page is from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1916. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image from the page. Click on images to enlarge.
Under Rose Arches by Kate Greenaway
UNDER ROSE ARCHES. UNDER Rose Arches to Rose Town –Rose Town on the top of the hill;For the Summer wind blows and music goes,And the violins sound shrill. Oh Roses shall be for her carpet,And her curtains of Roses so fair;And a Rosy crown, while far adownFloats her long golden hair. Twist and twine Roses…
Children’s Bonnets and Hats ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a black and white clip art collection of seven Victorian hats and bonnets for babies and children. The images are from the Koch & Co. Spring and Summer 1898 Fashion Catalogue. These bonnets and hats ranged in price from 49 cents to $2.98. Click on image to enlarge
Victorian Girl with Large Bonnet ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is an image of a young Victorian girl, facing left, standing in a patch of grass. She is wearing a knee-length dress that has ruffles at the armhole and hem and a ribbon at the waist that is tied into a bow at the back. She has on a sunbonnet with a large brim that covers…
Victorian Boy Summer Fashion 1900 ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a page of summer clothing styles for Victorian boys for the year 1900. Very manly is this small laddie. He is stylishly clad in a Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers which bulge in true golfer fashion at the knees. A simple, easily constructed and absolutely comfortable outfit for a small boy is that shown below….
My Little Girlie by Kate Greenaway ~ Free Vintage Storybook Image
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 –…
Enchanted Fairytale Prince ~ Free Victorian Clip Art
Here is a clip art image of a handsome young fairytale prince. He is dressed in fine Victorian royal attire complete with velvet cape and feather plume hat. The prince is holding his hat in one hand, has a sword attached to his belt and is coming down a step. This image is from a…
Train Travel ~ Vintage Magazine Advertisement
This vintage magazine advertisement for Rock Island-Frisco Lines claims you can travel to Switzerland in a night. Well, not really, “but you can leave Chicago or St. Louis today and be in the Colorado Rockies tomorrow long before dinner. You can take the Rock Island to the Rockies, the only line with direct service to…
Victorian Advertising Card Lautz Soaps ~ Free Graphics
The front of this Victorian advertising card for Lautz Soaps features a boy about to ride his bicycle. The handlebars of the bike sit almost as high as the boy is tall. The writing on the bottom of the front of the card is: Use Lautz Bros. & Co’s Soaps, Best in the Market. I love…
Mother and Children by Kate Greenaway ~ Free Victorian Storybook Illustration
Here is an adorable Victorian storybook image of a mother walking with her two children. The little girl is clutching her mom’s skirt with one hand and playing with the apron of her pinafore with the other. The mother is carrying the baby. There are flowers growing on a trellis in the background. This picture is…
From Market by Kate Greenaway
FROM MARKET OH who’ll give us Posies, And Garlands of Roses, To twine round our heads so gay? For here we come singing, And here we come bringing You many good wishes to-day. From market – from market -from market – We all come up from market. This vintage storybook image and poem, From Market (spelling and…
