The following two vintage catalog pages feature advertising for piano rolls. Piano rolls were made of paper with perforations of various sizes punched throughout. A special type of player piano was used to play the music from the perforated paper rolls. The first page begins by stating, “Supertone Rolls are mechanically perfect and musically correct….
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Color Wheel Vintage French School Lesson
This vintage French book page features a children’s color wheel school lesson. The following illustration of a color wheel is from the page following the written portion of the lesson. Colors included on this wheel, with their corresponding French names, are: purple, yellow, blue, brown, red and green. I scanned the color wheel lesson and…
Butterflies and Moths Vintage Illustrations
Here are two vintage book plate scans featuring beautiful illustrations of butterflies and moths. The first is Plate III. The illustrations included on this page are: #17. Small White. Larva. Pieris rapae. #18 and #19. Small White. Pupa. Pieris rapae. #20. Small White. Male. Pieris rapae. #21. Small White. Female. Pieris rapae. #22. Small White….
Vintage Floral Clip Art Illustrations
Here are three lovely vintage floral clip art illustrations. The first is a Pheasant’s Eye. The illustration shows several fern-like leaves growing from two stems. A small red blossoming flower is growing from the top of each stem. The second flower is a Double Buttercup. The illustration features three bright yellow buttercup blossoms and two…
Vintage Photo and Wedding Invitation
The vintage photo and wedding invitation below were included with an antique bride’s book I purchased online a few months ago. The sepia-toned photograph features a young mother sitting close to a table where her baby is seated. The mother is cradling the baby with her right arm extended behind his back and holding a…
Antique Ledger Shabby Aged Book Pages
One of the items I purchased from our large, local annual antique show and sale two weeks ago was an antique ledger. Today I’m sharing four scanned pages from the ledger with you. The ledger belonged to a man named Augustus Terry Clarke. Because of references in the ledger to locations such as London, England,…
Vintage Locomotive Book Pages
The three vintage locomotive book pages below feature a partial but detailed description of locomotives (powered rail vehicles for pulling trains) in the early 1900s. An illustration is included on each of the pages. The first page includes an illustration of a large locomotive with a man, small in comparison, standing beside it. Below the…
Floral Victorian Card Clip Art
This floral Victorian card features a beautiful illustration of two white flowers in full bloom on thorny stems with plenty of leaves. Two flower buds are illustrated to the left of one of the white flowers and a ladybug is crawling on the leaf below the same flower. The message, on the lower right corner…
Hare and Rabbits Vintage Clip Art
This vintage illustration features a group of hare and rabbits in a small clearing in the woods. Here is a black and white clip art version of the hare and rabbits. New in my Etsy shop this week is a set of vintage wedding book pages. I scanned the pages from a bride’s book that…
Vintage Hardware Catalog Book Pages
There is a variety of vintage hardware advertised on the following three catalog pages. The first page includes listings for box or truck casters, screen door catches, hinges and brackets, as well as a variety of screws, nails and tacks. The vintage hardware featured on the second catalog page includes: cupboard catches, cupboard drawer pulls,…
Vintage Easter Floral Postcards Clip Art
Here are two lovely vintage Easter floral postcards. The first postcard features a grouping of beautiful white lilies on a cream-colored background. The message on the lower right corner of the postcard is: Easter Greeting. The second of the vintage Easter floral postcards features an illustration of two egg shaped clusters of flowers hanging from…
Vintage Flower Illustrations Clip Art Images
Here are two lovely vintage flower illustrations. The first illustration features a cluster of two yellow and two pink flowers. The second illustration features a cluster of three yellow and two red flowers. I scanned the vintage flower illustrations from Gems from Holmes, a small book of poetry that was published in 1904. I think…
