These adorable little Victorian girls are wearing the latest Styles for Little Folks for the winter of 1891. The little girl on the left is modelling a Child’s Outdoor Toilette which consists of a Little Girls’ Coat and Cap and the little one on the right is modelling a Little Girls’ Outdoor Toilette which also consists of a…
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Victorian Girl and Boy Summer Fashion
Here is a Victorian girl and a Victorian boy at the beach. The children are dressed in outfits “particularly well adapted for seashore wear” for the summer of 1900. The images are from the July 1900 issue of The Designer magazine. Click on images to enlarge.
Street Show by Kate Greenaway
STREET SHOW. PUFF, puff, puff. How the trumpets blow. All you little boys and girls come and see the show. One – two – three, the Cat runs up the tree; But the little Bird he flies away – “She hasn’t got me!” This vintage storybook image and poem, Street Show (spelling and grammar as it…
Victorian Beach Scene Card ~ Free Vintage Image
This Victorian card features a fun scene at the beach. In the foreground, a boy and girl are building a large sand castle with the help of wooden paddle shovels. In the distance, other children are playing and a man and woman are standing together on the shore. There are no bathing suits to be…
Victorian Boy Pushing Wheelbarrow ~ Vintage Garden Printable
Here is a vintage clip art image of a Victorian boy pushing a wheelbarrow along a path. The image is from the May 1885 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Robin and Boy Vintage School Reader Page ~ Free Digital Image
This shabby page, from a vintage school reader, includes an image of a boy talking to a robin in a tree. The boy wants the robin to play with him. Mr. Robin cannot play because he has three baby robins in the nest to help take care of. I scanned the page from Child Life, A…
Kate Greenaway Sleeping Girl ~ Free Vintage Image
In this adorable storybook image by Kate Greenaway, a sweet Victorian girl is fast asleep on a fluffy pink pillow in a yellow wicker chair. The chair is outdoors on a patch of grass between two rose bushes that are lush with pink roses in full bloom. The vintage storybook image is from the children’s…
Free Vintage Image ~ Victorian Girl in Rain Postcard
This lovely vintage postcard features an image of an adorable Victorian girl wearing a ruffled dress and matching bonnet. It is raining and the girl is about to open her pink ruffled umbrella. The postcard is unsigned but I believe it is the artwork of Frances Brundage. Click on image to enlarge.
The Little London Girl by Kate Greenaway ~ Free Vintage Storybook Image
THE LITTLE LONDON GIRL. IN my little Green Home, quite content am I,When the hot sun pours down from the sky;For oh, I love the country – the beautiful country.Who’d live in a London street when there’s the country? I live in a London street, then I long and longTo be the whole day the…
Charles Twelvetrees Vintage Image ~ Make Puppies Grow
In this fun vintage image by Charles Twelvetrees, a young boy is using a watering pail to pour water over his puppy. The caption below the image is, “This Makes Flowers Grow -So Of Course It Will Make Puppies Grow” The image is part of a collection of Twelvetrees’ illustrations titled, “One of His Quiet Hours” from the October 1917 issue…
The Tea Party by Kate Greenaway
THE TEA PARTY.IN the pleasant green GardenWe sat down to tea;“Do you take sugar?” and“Do you take milk?”She’d got a new gown on –A smart one of silk.We all were as happyAs happy could be,On that bright Summer’s dayWhen she asked us to tea. This vintage storybook image and poem, The Tea Party, is from Marigold Garden by Kate…
Kate Greenaway To The Sun Door ~ Free Vintage Storybook Illustration
TO THE SUN DOOR. THEY saw it rise in the morning, They saw it set at night, And they longed to go and see it. Ah! if they only might. The little soft white clouds heard them, And stepped from out of the blue; And each laid a little child softly Upon its bosom of…
