This page features an illustration of a lovely Victorian lady looking through a large window onto a street that is busy with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages. The lady is modelling a full-length ladies’ long coat. She is positioned to show the side back view of the elegant coat, which has a tall, stiff collar and…
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Vintage Christmas Children with Gifts
his vintage postcard features an illustration of two small children, a boy and a girl, both still in their white nighties, on Christmas morning. The girl has received the gift of a new doll in a red dress that she is cradling in her arms while she watches her brother take a toy pocket watch…
Vintage School Reader Printable
This printable winter and Christmas lesson from a vintage school reader features the words: popcorn, always, brought, hole, box, saved, rubbed, smell, glad and best. The lesson tells a story of two small mice, named Frolic and Frisk, having a discussion about the school children who attend the school room where Frolic lives. While admiring…
Church and Violets Vintage Illustration
This vintage Christmas postcard features an illustration of a serene church setting in the country. The roof of the church is covered by a heavy blanket of snow. It is dusk and warm lighting glows from a large window of the church. A rustic wooden fence, near the church, is partially buried under deep snow…
Victorian Girls Winter Fashion
This page features Victorian fashions for girls in the winter of 1900. An illustration on the upper portion of the page features two girls exchanging gifts. The girl on the left is wearing a pretty brown coat and large hat with a red brim and green bow. The girl on the right is wearing a…
Vintage Santa Carrying Bag of Toys
This vintage Christmas postcard features an illustration of an old-fashioned Santa Claus carrying a large bag of toys on his back. Santa is slightly bent over from the weight of the bag of toys. A nicely decorated Christmas tree with presents placed below is in the background. The message on the card is: A Merry…
Open Vintage Notebook with Lined Pages
This vintage notebook is opened to the center of a signature and shows three rows of thread stitching that fasten the signature to the spine of the booklet. Both pages, to the left and to the right, are lined and blank.
Vintage Country Winter Scene
This beautiful vintage postcard features an illustration of a cozy cottage in the country on a cold winter day. The roof of the cottage is covered in a thick blanket of snow and large, frozen icicles hang from the lower edges of the roof. The landscape and trees surrounding the home are also covered in…
Embroidery Design Leaves and Berries
This vintage embroidery design is made up of delicate, swirly branches with leaves and berries attached. The branches are intertwined to create a lovely ornamental pattern. The design was originally created as a pattern for a note case cover. I scanned the original illustration from the October 1897 issue of The Delineator magazine.
The Story of December
This vintage book page features an article titled The Story of December. Some of the topics covered in the article are: the history of the name December, holly being the special flower of the month, and its gem being turquoise. The article also mentions: the solstice, the Romans’ goddess, Vesta, being their special diety of…
Vintage Hymns Sheet Music
Here are two vintage hymns on tattered and worn sheet music pages that have yellowed with age. The first page features the song “Battle Hymn of the Republic” by Julia Ward Howe. The second page features the song “Christmas”, which is more commonly known as “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks”, by Nahum Tate. I scanned…
Vintage Scenic Christmas Image
This vintage Christmas postcard features a tall, narrow, scenic image at dusk. The scene includes a snow-covered hill with trees on the upper side and shrubs on the lower. A few tenacious fall-colored leaves remain on the branches of the trees and shrubs. The illustration is framed with two bouquets of pink flowers, one in…
