This vintage clip art illustration features a young woman cooking. She is sifting flour into, or perhaps icing sugar over, a full cake pan that is on a counter. Here is a black and white version. The image is from the April 1915 issue of Pictorial Review magazine. Click on images to enlarge.
Food and Drink
Frosting and Filling Recipes
After posting a vintage cookbook page of recipes for Lady Baltimore Cake and Lord Baltimore Cake last week, I received a couple requests for the frosting and filling recipes to complete the cakes. Here are those recipes. Lady Baltimore Cake requires the Lady Baltimore Filling and Frosting recipes. Lord Baltimore Filling and Boiled Frosting recipes…
Vintage Cake Clip Art and Recipes
This page from a vintage cookbook includes recipes for Lady Baltimore Cake and Lord Baltimore Cake Also included on the page is an illustration of a white layer cake on a green platter. A reddish brown frosting separates the layers of the cake; the top and sides are covered with white frosting. Here is a…
Mortar and Pestle Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of a mortar and pestle. I scanned the original image from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Cake Clip Art and Recipes
This page, from a vintage cookbook, includes an illustration of three English Dundee Cakes. Here is another page from the cookbook that includes the recipe for English Dundee Cake as well as recipes for Gingerbread and Nut Cake. Here is a cleaner version of the illustration of English Dundee Cakes. The pages are from Cake Secrets,…
Thanksgiving Day Turkey Postcard
Wishing my fellow Canadians a very Happy Thanksgiving Day today! This lovely vintage Thanksgiving postcard features an illustration of a roasted turkey on a platter. The turkey is decorated with a fan of feathers and a bouquet of pink flowers behind. A vase of fall greenery, a bun wrapped in a napkin, a place setting of cutlery and…
Higgin’s Eureka Salt Ad
Here is a nice pinkish-colored vintage magazine advertisement for a linen bag of Higgin’s Eureka Fine Salt. I scanned this ad from a supplement to the November 1889 issue of the American Agriculturist magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Raspberry Plant
Here is a page from a vintage gardening catalog that features detailed information and prices for raspberry and gooseberry plants as well as a brief price list of a variety of vegetable plants and roots available for purchase through the catalog. Included on the page is an illustration of a fruiting raspberry plant. Here is…
Camping Outfit ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage catalogue advertisement for a cooking kit that was made for camping. The kit contained a total of 53 pieces, including: a fire jack, two boilers that were suitable for use as ovens, a frying pan, coffeepot, and all utensils and tableware for a party of six. The complete camping outfit cost…
Strawberry Meringue Cake ~ Free Vintage Graphics
This vintage cookbook page includes an illustration of a Strawberry Meringue Cake and the recipe to make it. Here is a cleaner version of the cake from the page. My original scan is from Cake Secrets, by Igleheart Brothers Inc., 1928 P. Co., Inc. (copyright was not renewed). Click on images to enlarge.
Radish French Seed Packet Label
Here is a vintage French seed label that features a wonderful illustration of a bunch of red and white radishes. The description on the label is: Radis National. This type of vintage seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale. Click on image to enlarge.
Cake Fillings and Frostings
Here are four vintage cookbook pages that include several recipes for cake filling and frosting. Some of the recipes on the pages are: Peach Filling, Cream Filling for Cream Puffs, Tutti-Frutti Filling, Confectioner’s Icing, Marshmallow Icing, Maple Icing, Chocolate Fudge Frosting, Pineapple Frosting, Caramel Icing and Mocha Frosting. The final page includes an article titled…
