This beautifully illustrated border design features a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables intermingled with a variety of flowers and leaves. I scanned the original illustration from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. The thumbnail preview appears small in this blog post; however, when you click on it,…
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Victorian Family Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage advertising card for the Domestic Sewing Machine Company features an illustration of a Victorian family having fun at home. Mother is resting in an armchair, reading a book, but has taken a moment to watch father and their three children playing on the floor. A ship on the water in the distance can…
Free Vintage Clip Art Wheat Illustration
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of four heads of wheat. I scanned the original engraving from The Teachers’ and Pupils” Cyclopaedia, 1905. Click on image to enlarge.
Carpet Designs Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage catalog page includes six samples of beautiful carpet designs in a variety of pretty colors. Most of the patterns are floral designs. The page also includes descriptions and prices of each of the carpets. The prices ranged between 59 cents and 73 cents per yard. I scanned the original page from the 1908 …
Free Vintage Clip Art Moustache Guard Ad
Here is a fun vintage magazine advertisement for a detachable moustache guard that was manufactured by Donaldson & Co., of Detroit, Michigan. The ad claimed the moustache guard made dainty china look daintier. I scanned the original ad from the May 1899 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal. Click on image to enlarge.
Witch Hazel Liniment Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a pink vintage pharmacy label for Dr. Lochman’s Witch Hazel Liniment. The liniment was recommended to take internally for a variety of ailments, such as: colds, coughs, sore throat, croup, dysentery and colic. The liniment was also recommended for external use for burns, scalds, bruises, strains, punctured and lacerated wounds, insect stings, animal…
Various Leaves Free Vintage Clip Art
The title of this book plate is Various Leaves. The names of the numbered leaves are as follows: 1. Leaf of the winter Oak (Quercus sessiliflora);2. Spray of the bitter Oak (Quercus cerris);3. Leaf of the Maple (Acer campestre);4. Spray of the sugar Maple (Acer plantanoides);5. Leaf of a species of Ranunculus;6. Leaf of the…
French Seed Label Zinnia Free Clip Art
Here is a French vintage seed label for zinnias. The label includes an illustration of four pretty flowering zinnias, each a different color. The description on the label is Zinnia Elegant Double, Nain, Varie. This type of vintage seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale….
Free Vintage Clip Art Mother Goose Witch
The illustration on this shabby, aged and stained book page portrays Mother Goose as a witch. She is flying in a basket and swiping at a spider’s web with her ragged old broom. Here is a black and white clip art version of the illustration from the page. I scanned the original page from Mother…
Free Vintage Clip Art Pharmacy Label
Here is a vintage pharmacy label for Messing’s Blood and Liver Pills. I thought this old medicine label might be useful for your Halloween projects. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Clip Art Larkspur Seed Packet
Here is a vintage clip art seed packet for Regal Finest Mixed Larkspur seeds. The front of the packet includes an illustration of three stalks of blossoming larkspur flowers and a price mark of 15 cents. The package was printed for F. Lagomarsino & Sons of Sacramento, California. The back of the package includes directions…
Free Vintage Clip Art Poem Passion Flower
I have a second item to share with you today because I thought you may like to have the poem that corresponds to the image of the Victorian lady I shared this morning. The poem is titled The Passion Flower and it was written by Barry Cornwall. My scans are from the July 1842 issue…
