The wishbone on this vintage postcard is decorated with pretty purple flowers. The top and bottom of the card is edged with a green and white ornamental design. The faded message on the postcard is: Let days to come be brightest, And trials and cares be lightest. Click on image to enlarge.
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Free Vintage Image ~ Branch of Pink Roses
This gorgeous branch of pink roses is from a book of poetry titled Gems from Holmes. The book was published by DeWolfe Fiske & Co. in 1904. Here is a second version of the branch of roses on a white background and without the shadow. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Flowering Ground Ivy
This blue flowering Ground Ivy vintage image is from the booklet Wild Flowers of America, published July 17, 1894. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Flower and Poetry Open Book Pages
This open book image has two pretty purple irises on the page on the left and on the right is a page of poetry that is framed by a green and red design. I’ve left the coloring of this scan much like my original copy that is shabby and yellowed with age. The book is…
Free Vintage Image ~ Rhododendron Flower Illustration
This beautiful Rhododendron with pink flowers is from The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Victorian Calling Card Blue Pansy
Here is a Victorian calling card that includes an illustration of a hand holding a pretty blue pansy and the message Sincerely Thine written in the decoration on the wrist. Click on image to enlarge.
Pink Roses and Poem Vintage Clip Art
This vintage book page includes pretty pink roses and the poem Thirtieth Day. It’s from Roses and Lilies from Longfellow, a book of poetry that was published by DeWolfe Fiske & Co. in 1898. Here are the roses alone. Click on images to enlarge.
Flower Garden Seeds ~ Free Clip Art
This vintage advertisement for flower garden seeds from M. B. Faxon Co., Seedsmen, is from the April 1894 issue of The Delineator magazine. Plus a black and white clipart version of the flowers from the ad. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ My Birthday Wish Roses Postcard
This vintage postcard includes a beautiful illustration of pink and red roses and the message My Birthday Wish. For added creative options, here is a version without the birthday message. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Victorian Calling Card
Here is a pretty Victorian calling card with pink and white flowers framing an outstretched hand and the message: With love and fond wishes. I thought you might find the texture from the back of the card useful for the base of a tag, a journal block, or some other creative purpose, so I’ve included…
Free Vintage Floral Clip Art Poppies and Poem
This page features a beautiful bunch of red, pink and white poppies and a poem. It’s from a book of poetry titled Gems from Bryant, 1904. I would have uploaded the rest of the poem if there was more to it but this is it – no title or author on the page although I…
Free Vintage Image ~ Flowering Clover Postcard
Here is a vintage Tuck’s birthday postcard with an image of flowering clover spilling out from a red basket that has been tipped over or placed on its side. There is a butterfly flying toward the flowers and a message on a card tucked in the clover that says Loving Birthday Greetings. For added creative…
