Featured on the cover of this well-worn vintage Preserve Jar Labels booklet is a woman in a plaid dress and red apron holding up a jar of canned peaches. There are more jars of canned vegetables, fruit and jellies on a high shelf behind the woman and a few more jars of canned foods on…
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Catherine Klein Apples and Vase Display
This beautiful vintage postcard, by Catherine Klein, features a tabletop display of a grouping of apples and a vase intertwined with greenery. An empty walnut shell sits on the table in front of the vase. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Grocery Invoice
This wonderfully aged vintage grocery invoice, dated August 8, 1881, includes large purchases of barley, bran, and onions. The total cost of the three items was $28.16. Click on image to enlarge.
Picnic Basket Clip Art
This vintage magazine clipping promotes the use of a portable wicker picnic basket (referred to as a fruit package) “for packing fruit, game, vegetables, bottled liquids, meat, and any of those things which we put up in the square or oblong crates.” Here is a black and white clip art version of the open and…
Vintage Bay Rum Label
Here is beautifully designed and colorful vintage label for Bay Rum. The rum contained 37% grain alcohol and was guaranteed by Phil Eisemann under the Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906. Here is a matching neck bottle label. Click on images to enlarge.
Tray of Sweets
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of a delicious looking tray of sweets. The desserts on the platter include: individual lemon pies, open fruit tartlets, chocolate eclairs, and covered currant jelly tartlets. The image is from Balanced Daily Diet, 1921, by Janet McKenzie Hill. Click on image to enlarge.
Chef Cooking Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of a chef happily cooking in his kitchen. The image is from the December 1892 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Antique Wine Decanters Clip Art
Here are two clip art illustrations of elegant antique wine decanters. The images are from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on images to enlarge.
Victorian Lady Serving Food
This vintage clip art illustration features a Victorian lady serving food. She is carrying a soup tureen to the dining table. The image is from the December 1892 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
New England Mince Meat Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for Dougherty’s New England Mince Meat. The ad includes an illustration of a package of mincemeat with a basket of fruit sketched on the side. Mincemeat is used to make pie, especially during the Christmas season. Here is a black and white clip art version of the illustration from…
A Cup of Tea Vintage Clip Art
A Cup of Tea, by E. L. Sylvester, is a sweet vintage poem about five girls serving tea. The girls are named: Phoebe, Dolly, Rhoda, Polly, and the youngest is simply referred to as Baby. Phoebe is bringing the teapot filled with tea, Dolly is carrying a pitcher of cream, Rhoda has the cups, Polly…
Table Setting Magazine Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a book titled The Pattern Cook-Book. The ad includes an illustration of a table setting complete with plates, glasses, cutlery and a centerpiece of flowers and candelabras. A variety of bottles and jugs are displayed on a sideboard behind the table. Here is a black and white clip…
