This lovely vintage greeting card features an illustration of a Victorian town at Christmas time. A one-word message on the front of the card below the illustration is: Greetings. In old-fashioned calligraphy, the message inside the card is: A Christmas that holds its happy share Of heart-content and laughter And a New Year where you…
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Santa Brings Toys ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here are two aged and shabby pages from a vintage school reader. The featured words on the pages are: sled, hear, think, noise, Santa Claus, Good-by, down, up, slide and hill. The lessons include Santa bringing toys for the children and a young boy going to school with his new sled that he received as a…
Poinsettia Christmas Postcard ~ Free Vintage Image
This vintage Christmas postcard includes a lovely illustration of a poinsettia and the message: A Joyous ChristmasTo youmy friendGood CheerI send,This Christmas-tide. Click on image to enlarge.
Love Peace Gladness ~ Free Vintage Christmas Image
This lovely vintage Christmas postcard features an old-fashioned holiday greeting framed by holly and berries. The title of the greeting is: Love, Peace, & Gladness. The first letter “M” in the body of the greeting is large and placed in an open book on a pedestal. The greeting on the postcard is: May blessings crownyourChristmas…
Christmas Frame ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
A sketch of holly and berries, mistletoe, and other designs outline a scroll-type banner in the center of this rectangular shaped vintage Christmas frame. The first version of the frame is a scan of the original title from an article in the December 1900 issue of The Designer magazine. I’ve removed the title for the second version,…
Christmas Feast ~ Free Vintage Graphics
“Bounce, Buckram!Velvet’s dear!Christmas comes but once a year,When it comes it brings good cheer,BEEF, PLUM-PUDDING, MINCE-PIES, AND BEER!” This wonderful image of a Christmas feast illustrates the last sentence from the vintage storybook, Tom Tucker and Little Bo Peep, by Thomas Hood, illustrated by Alice Wheaton Adams, published in 1891. The illustration is repeated on the well worn back…
Letter for Santa ~ Clapsaddle Postcard Image
This fun vintage postcard, by Ellen Clapsaddle, features a shy child, dressed in blue, passing a letter to Santa. Santa is carrying a bag full of toys. The message on the card is: Best Wishes for a happy Christmas. Click on image to enlarge.
Three Angels ~ Free Vintage Christmas Graphic
This lovely vintage Tuck’s Christmas postcard includes an illustration of a tree branch decorated with candles and fruit and three adorable angels framed within a circular shape. The greeting on the card is: Wishing you a happy Christmas. Click on image to enlarge.
Poinsettia Stencil ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a beautiful black and white clip art illustration of a poinsettia flower and one leaf. The image is a stencil from the Priscilla Fancy Work Catalogue, 1910. Click on image to enlarge.
Santa Driving Car ~ Free Vintage Illustration
This vintage postcard features a wonderful illustration of a jolly Santa. He has traded in his sleigh for a bright yellow car. Santa must be driving fast because his hat is flying off his head. The message on the lower right of the card is Glad Christmas Greetings. Click on image to enlarge.
Birds Christmas Postcard ~ Free Vintage Graphic
This lovely vintage Christmas postcard features two birds perched side-by-side on a branch of holly. The birds are brown and with red coloring around their eyes and on their breasts. One of the birds is singing. There are berries growing on the branch of holly and there are bits of snow on a few of…
Country Christmas Party ~ Free Victorian Graphic
This fun Victorian Christmas card features silhouetted people arriving to a snow-covered home in the country. I assume there is going to be a Christmas party at the lovely, decorated, gingerbread-type house the people are heading toward. One couple is walking and another couple is riding in a horse-drawn sleigh. The horse pulling the sleigh…
