This vintage postcard, titled Innocence, features an illustration of a lady in a flowing white gown with gold trim. She is walking through a meadow, carrying five lilies that are flowering from one long stem. Click on image to enlarge.
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Vintage Floral Design Endpaper
Here is a worn vintage book endpaper with a design of flowers and leaves. I scanned the original page from an antique book titled Our Homes and Their Adornments by Almon C. Varney. The book was published in 1882. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Postcard Lady Holding Flowers
This vintage postcard features a photograph of a lady wearing a pretty coat, a fancy hat and gloves. She is holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand and has a matching flower pinned to the lapel of her coat. There is handwriting across the front of the card. Here is the back of the…
Vintage Check Printable Ephemera
This vintage check, dated September 3, 1893, in the amount of $225.00, is made out to the Bullion & Exchange Bank on behalf of the California-Nevada Creamery Company. On the left hand side of the check is an illustration, in green ink, of cows and calves in a pasture. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Ornamental Design Clip Art
I’ve included the description here with my original scan of this lovely vintage ornamental design because it beautifully explains how this elegant pattern was derived from the hawthorn in its autumnal or ripe state, when the berries are deep red in color. Here is a black and white clip art version of the design. My…
Puppies Christmas Dinner Vintage Postcard
This vintage Christmas postcard features an illustration of a cute family of soft, furry dogs on Christmas Day. Mama is preparing dinner. She has just taken the hot turkey out of the oven while a pot of food is cooking on the wood cookstove in the background. Her two young puppies are happily playing with…
Blackberry Vintage Botanical Illustration
Here is a vintage botanical illustration of a branch with soft-green leaves and beautiful burgundy and black fruit berries on it. I scanned the original image from Wild Fruits of the Country Side by F. Edward Hulme, 1907. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Skeleton Clip Art
These two vintage book pages include the full definition for the word “Skeleton”. An illustration of a human skeleton and a list of the names of the bones of man is included on the second page. Here is a black and white clip art version of the skeleton. I scanned the original pages from The…
Vintage Postcard Ephemera Winter
This beautiful vintage postcard features an illustration of a snow-covered country home. The scene is peaceful and quiet. Warm yellow lighting glows through most of the windows of the house. I think it would be cozy to be in this house on a cold winter day. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Postcard Ephemera Christmas
This vintage business postcard, by the General Card Co., was advertising for potential sales people to sell personalized Christmas cards. Fifty personalized Christmas cards sold for $1.00 and the advertisement indicates that up to $5.00 could be earned in a day by taking orders “for the fastest-selling Personal Christmas Cards ever offered”. An extra dollar…
Vintage Poison Labels Free Clip Art
Here are two vintage red and white poison labels. The first label is for muriatic acid and the second is for a formaldehyde solution. Both labels include the word POISON in capital letters, illustrations of skulls and crossbones and antidotes. They were printed for Willard’s Drug Store in Lusk, Wyoming. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Printable Menus Free Clip Art
Here are three aged and worn vintage book pages of printable menus. Included on the pages are meal plans for: a family breakfast, a breakfast party, a family dinner, dinner parties, two suppers and a week of economical dinners. The first page includes an illustration of a platter of fruit. Here is a black and…
