Here is a beautiful vintage botanical illustration of holly leaves and deep red berries. I scanned the original image from Wild Fruits of the Country Side by F. Edward Hulme, 1907. Click on image to enlarge.
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Vintage Toothbrush Holder Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a sanitary toothbrush holder that was manufactured by The Safety Wire Gas Globe Co. The ad includes an illustration of the toothbrush holder holding four toothbrushes, two bottles and a tube (which may contain toothpaste) placed on its side above the toothbrushes. Here is a black and white…
Vintage Printable Christmas Postcard
This vintage Christmas postcard includes an illustration of a deer in a snow-covered field in the country. The sun is setting over the scene that includes a country church in the background. The illustration is framed with purple flowers, sprigs of holly and berries and a larger ribbon frame along the outer edges of the…
Vintage Cottolene Advertisement
“The falling snow is not lighter or purer than the delicacies you prepare with Cottolene” is the catchphrase in this vintage magazine advertisement for the vegetable shortening, Cottolene. The ad includes an illustration of an exterior portion of a brick house, a window, and falling snow. A Victorian lady, in her dress and pinafore, and…
Vintage Dairy Bottle Caps Orange Drink
Here are two vintage Orange Drink bottle caps in aged white, orange and green colors. The first orange drink bottle cap was prepared for Fred M. Kyle’s Dairy Farms of Mackeyville, Pennsylvania. The second was prepared for Lassig Dairy Inc. of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Click on images to enlarge.
Victorian Lady Pictures Clip Art
This vintage ladies’ magazine page includes an illustration of a Victorian lady modelling a Ladies’ Toilette – consisting of a Coat Polonaise and Skirt. The description below the illustration continues, “The Skirt has a Deeply Shirred Front and Sides and a Full Straight Back and is Desirable to be worn with Coat-Polonaises and Basques.” …
Vintage Christmas Postcard Children Sledding
This vintage Christmas postcard features an illustration of two children sledding down a snow-covered hill on an old-fashioned red sled. The girl, riding in front, is holding two branches of holly and berries, as though they were reigns, in front of the sled. The greeting on the card is: Wishing You a Merry Christmas. Click…
Fallow Deer Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of a beautiful fallow deer in the woods. The illustration is from Popular Natural History by Rev. J. G. Wood. The book was published in 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Dictionary Page Charm
This vintage dictionary page includes the words: chaperon, chaplain, chapter, character, charade, chariot, charity, charlotte russe and charm. I scanned the original from a vintage dictionary in my collection that was published in 1922. Click on image to enlarge.
Ornamental Victorian Brooch Clip Art
Here is a beautiful ornamental Victorian clip art brooch. The description in the book indicates this brooch was “a mass of diamonds, strung together in the most graceful form, in imitation of a bouquet of flowers.” My original scan is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click…
Vintage Christmas Cozy Indoor Scene
This vintage Christmas postcard includes an illustration of a cozy indoor scene. A decorated tree stands in the corner near the window that has snow built up in the corners of each window pane. A braided rug, old fashioned wooden chair and trunk is in the foreground of the tree. The room is lit with…
Vintage Garment Drafting Machine for Sewing
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for The McDowell Garment-Drafting Machine Co. of New York. The ad claims that dressmaking would be simplified with their garment-drafting machine and that any lady would be able learn to cut perfect-fitting dresses with it. The ad includes an illustration of the machine and also warned buyers to be…
