There are a couple adorable kids and a bunch of colorful books on this cute vintage Valentine card. The message is: ACCORDING TO MY “REFERENCES” YOU’D MAKE A SWELL VALENTINE. Click on image to enlarge.
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Free Vintage Clip Art Pink Rose and Poem
This vintage page is from a small book of poetry titled Roses and Lilies from Longfellow, 1898. The page includes the poem Sixteenth Day and a lovely illustration of a pink rose and rosebuds. The floral image alone. Click on images to enlarge.
Dance Time Children’s Valentine
Here is a large vintage children’s Valentine with a cute image of a very happy boy and girl dancing hand in hand. The Valentine includes the message: Our hearts beat IN DANCE TIME. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Baby Items Clip Art
This vintage advertisement includes illustrations of free gifts you could have earned with an annual subscription to Babyhood magazine in the winter of 1897. The ad appeared in the December 1897 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal. I scanned the image larger than it appears in the magazine plus created each of the items in black and white…
Free Vintage Image ~ Cute Lamb Valentine to Grandma
Here is an adorable vintage Valentine’s Day greeting card. This cute little lamb is dressed in a red pinafore that covers a blue and white polkadot dress. She is carrying a basket of red hearts. The front of the card includes a greeting To Grandma on Valentine’s Day. I’ve removed the writing on the front of the…
Pink Floral Frame Design
Here is a pretty pinkfloral ornamental frame from A Dream of Fair Women with illustrations by Harrison Fisher, 1907. This is the frame, with the wording, as it appears in the book. For added design options, I’ve also removed the wording. Click on images to enlarge.
Birds on Branch Clipart
Here is a vintage sketch of a group of three adorable birds perched on a flowering branch. The image is from Pearls from Whittier, circa 1890. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage French Fashion
This elegant vintage French fashion image is titled Robe Prime. It’s from the June 28, 1896 issue of La Nouvelle Mode. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Herrick’s Almanac 1906, January
This is the January page from Herrick’s Almanac, 1906. It includes advertising for Dr. Herrick’s perforated strengthening plasters and a sketch of two men working (or two boys playing?) in a barn as farm animals relax in the barnyard. The cover of this almanac is a free download on my blog here. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ To My Valentine Cupid Postcard
Here is a vintage Valentine postcard with an adorable illustration of cupid holding a heart in his hands. This postcard is also decorated with more hearts, blue floral details and an old fashioned Valentine message. There is another Valentine postcard from this vintage series in pink, red and purple colors available as a free download on my blog here. Click…
Marcus Ward & Co Floral Greeting Card
Here is a beautiful antique one-sided floral greeting card by Marcus Ward & Co. The card is from the late 1800s and the message is: With Best Wishes. For added design options, here is a version of the card with the wording removed. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Girl on Windowsill Picking Flowers
Here is a vintage image of a girl seated on a windowsill of an open window. She is picking flowers from a beautiful vine that is growing around the window. The image is from Wild Flowers from Whittier, 1909. Click on image to enlarge.
