Here are three small vintage medical labels. Each label is an aged white color base with dark blue, almost black, edging and wording. The wording on the labels is: Poison, Shake Well, and External Use. New in my Etsy shop this week is a printable vintage Flinch card game. Individual images are included. Image is…
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Vintage Post Office Cards – Ephemera
Here are two aged and shabby printable vintage post office cards. The cards were made by a postmaster for new employees to practice sorting mail. The first post office practice card is for: 1374 35TH AVE. The second is: 4230 BRAY. New in my Etsy shop this week is a printable set of ten of…
Pendulum Vintage Illustration
Here is a vintage illustration of a pendulum. And a cleaner black and white clip art version of the pendulum. I scanned the original image from the book, “The Farmer’s Companion”. The book was published in 1881.
Girl on the Beach by Jessie Wilcox Smith
Here is a vintage illustration of a young girl on the beach. She is wearing a pretty pink dress and a large pink bow in her blonde hair. The girl is standing at water’s edge on a sandy beach. She has picked up a handful of sand and water that she is releasing through her fingers, watching in fascination as…
Vintage Preserves Recipes
Here are three shabby, aged, and well-used cookbook pages that feature vintage preserves recipes. Included on the pages are recipes for preserving plums, greengages, cherries, pears, and peaches. I scanned the pages from a cookbook that was published in 1892. The title on the cover of the cookbook is “The Snow White Cook Book”; however,…
Clip Art Leaf Illustrations
Today I have clip art leaf illustrations to share. The first is a grouping of three variations of balsamifera (balsam poplar) leaves, including: P. Balsamifera, var. Intermedia, P. Balsamifera, var. Viminalis, and P. Balsamifera, var. latifolia. A portion of the description for the balsam poplar (from the book I scanned the images from) is: “Above,…
Vintage Tree Illustrations Birch and Chestnut
Following are two beautiful vintage tree illustrations. The first is an illustration of birch trees in a meadow at the edge of a forest. One tree is prominent in the foreground, with several individual birch trees behind. The caption below the illustration is:White or Paper Birch. Campton, Grafton Co., N.H. The second of the vintage…
Baking Powder Label Vintage Ephemera
Here is a vintage food label for Wood’s baking powder. The center portion of the label includes the Net Contents and the name of the product: Wood’s Baking Powder. The following information is also included on the center portion of the label: PURITY AND WHOLESOMENESS GUARANTEEDThis Baking Powder is made strictly in accord with U….
Blumer’s Egg Saver Envelope
Here is a vintage clip art envelope for Madam Blumer’s Egg Saver Blumeroy. The front of the envelope includes the wording: MADAM BLUMER’S EGG SAVER Blumeroy25 to 50¢ Per Doz; Cost $1.00 to $2.00Value 48 Eggs; Cost 25 CentsA VEGETABLE FOOD PRODUCT. The front of the envelope also includes an illustration of a hen and…
July 1900 Ladies Fashion Fancy Eton Waist
This title page from a July 1900 fashion magazine features a ladies’ fancy Eton waist. The page includes the name, date, volume, and number of the magazine. An illustration of a Victorian lady modelling the Fancy Eton waist is also included on the page. The lady is wearing a large decorated hat and holding a…
Autumn Botanical Book Plates
Below are two beautiful autumn botanical book plates. Our summer has only just begun and I’m not ready for fall; however, it will be here in no time. Perhaps some of you are already working on fall projects? Plate 1 features an illustration of Amelanchier canadensis, autumn foliage. A description from the book is…
Antique Printable Receipts Dated 1800s
Here are two shabby and aged antique printable receipts. The first is a receipt on behalf of Holder & Herrick, of 47 & 49 Broad Street, in Boston, Mass. Their mailing address was P.O. Box 1899. Holder & Herrick were importers and dealers of tinplates, sheet iron and metals, and were agents for New Bedford…
