Here are three vintage Christmas advertisements. Each of the vintage magazine ads promotes products to be purchased as Christmas gifts. The first ad is for Appleton’s Stratford-on-Avon Shakespeare, issued in 12 artistic volumes, bound in half-morocco with gilt tops, uncut edges, and a gallery of illustrations of famous Shakespearean players reproduced in photogravure. In 1897,…
Digital Collage Sheet
Dolly Dingle and Sammy Vintage Paper Dolls
A popular series of Dolly Dingle paper dolls, by Grace Drayton, was a regular feature in the Pictorial Review magazine in the early 1900s. This page, from the January 1922 issue of the Pictorial Review magazine is titled Dolly Dingle and Sammy Go Skating. Included on the page are the Dolly Dingle and Sammy paper…
Vintage Paper Doll Betty Bonnet’s Grandparents
Betty Bonnet was a popular vintage paper doll in the early 1900s. A series of the paper dolls, created by Sheila Young, was a regular feature in The Ladies’ Home Journal magazine from 1915 to 1918. This page, from the September 1917 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal features the vintage paper doll: Betty Bonnet’s Grandparents…
Vintage Printable Magazine Ads
This digital collage sheet features a variety of five interesting vintage magazine advertisements from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Included on the page is an ad for Whiting’s writing paper, a garden seed ad, an advertisement for an artistic homes booklet, a nursing course ad and an ad for hair curlers. I have also…
Sea-Side Amusements ~ Free Digital Printable
This page, titled SEA-SIDE AMUSEMENTS, is filled with a wonderful variety of seashells. I scanned the original from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume II, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge. The following is a list of the figures:1. Turitella Terebellata (Lamarck)2. Turitella Sanguinea (Reeve)3. Turitella Goniostoma4. Turbo Argyrostomus (Linnaeus)5. Turitella Angulata (sowerby)6. Turitella Replicata (Linnaeus)7. Pholos Dactylus…
Antique Scissors Engravings Free Digital Collage Sheet
There are six pairs of unique, ornate, beautiful antique scissors on this digital collage sheet. I collected the scissors for this page from engravings I scanned from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on image to enlarge. This image is also available in png (transparent) format in…
Antique Cutlery Engravings Set 2 ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a second random collection of beautiful antique forks, knives and spoons for you to use individually or mix and match as you wish. I scanned these engravings from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on image to enlarge.
Antique Cutlery Engravings ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a random collection of beautiful antique forks, knives and spoons for you to use individually or mix and match as you wish. I scanned these engravings from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. I’m working on a second set of random cutlery from the same book and…
Elephant Mouse and Fairy
The adorable illustrations of an elephant, a mouse and a fairy that I’ve used to create this digital collage sheet are from the story, An Island Fable, from the December 1898 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Here is a version with the wording removed. The full three-page story is available as a free download on my blog, here.
