This vintage clip art illustration includes a variety of hats for ladies that were fashionable in the fall of 1897. There are a total of seven hats on the page, two of which include head and shoulders illustrations of Victorian ladies wearing the hats. I scanned the original page from the October 1897 issue of The…
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Witch Hazel Cream Vintage Label
Here is a pretty vintage label for Diana Witch Hazel Cream. The label was printed for J. B. Lynas & Son of Logansport, Indiana.
Vintage Halloween Poem
This vintage poem titled Halloween Frolic, by Helen Gray Cone, tells of a little witch who tried a merry spell to make the hares come to her from dingle and from dell. The little witch gave the hares names such as Fairy-foot, Sparkle-eyes, Fine-ear, Bob and Bun. When the little with told the hares what…
Stern Man Shabby Vintage Photo
With the harsh, stern expression on this man’s face and the shabby effects of aging on the photograph, this vintage picture has a rather spooky feeling.
Vintage Mitten Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for silk mittens that were made from Florence Knitting Silk. The mittens were manufactured by the Nonotuck Silk Company. Plus a black and white clip art version of the mitten illustration from the ad. scanned the original advertisement from the November 1892 issue of St. Nicholas magazine.
Vintage Scotch Pine Botanical Illustration
This vintage botanical illustration of Scotch Pine features a sprig of pine needles and three pine cones. I scanned the original image from Wild Fruits of the Country Side by F. Edward Hulme, 1907.
Vintage House Cleaning Supplies
This vintage illustration of house cleaning supplies includes: a broom, mop, pail, scrub brush, wooden bucket and wash board. I scanned the original image from the November 1892 issue of St. Nicholas magazine.
Victorian Girls at Christmas
The illustration on this vintage Christmas postcard is of two Victorian girls setting, or playing with, a cuckoo clock while their mother looks on from the doorway to another room. Since the girls are wearing pretty dresses, perhaps it is still the afternoon or early evening of Christmas Eve and the girls are setting the…
Alice in Wonderland Book Pages
Here are six random pages from an antique Alice in Wonderland book. Two of the pages include illustrations. They are: a giant Alice watching the white rabbit stomp off and Alice trying to play croquet with a flamingo and hedgehog. Here are black and white clip art versions of the illustrations of Alice watching the…
Vintage Postcard Ephemera
Here is a shabby and aged Whitney Made postcard back – a nice piece of grungy vintage ephemera. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Lady Purity Illustration
This vintage postcard, titled Purity, features an illustration of a lady wearing a blue gown and and a white veil over her long golden brown hair. She is holding her right hand over her heart and a white dove is resting on her left hand. Two more white doves are on the ground at her…
Vintage Bicycle Motorcycle Clip Art
This vintage magazine advertisement features a mechanical device that was designed to be attached to an ordinary bicycle to convert it into a two-cylinder motorcycle. They called the attachment The Johnson Motor Wheel and it was manufactured by the Johnson Motor Wheel Company of Chicago, Illinois. The speed of the crafted motorcycle was between 6…
