This shabby vintage catalog page features illustrations of ladies modelling the latest styles in corsets. Sale prices for the corsets range between 98 cents and $2.19. The page is from a Chicago Mail Order Co. clothing catalogue, titled Challenge Sale that expired on February 28th, 1920. Click on image to enlarge.
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Free Vintage Printable Art Moss Rose
Here is vintage printable illustration of a cluster of beautiful soft pink moss roses and rosebuds with plenty of thorns and leaves, including a few torn leaves. I scanned the original page from Flowers from Dell and Bower, 1896. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Victorian Clip Art Face Powder Advertisement
Here is a Victorian clip art advertisement for Marie Antoinette face powder which was manufactured by the Crown Perfumery Co. An illustration of the elegant ornate box the face powder was packaged in is included in the ad. The price of the powder was 50 cents a box. I scanned the original advertisement from the…
Free Vintage Clip Art Valentine Girl in Blue
The front of this cute vintage clip art valentine features a girl in a blue dress holding a small bouquet of red and blue flowers. She is framed in a scalloped design of swirls, flowers and hearts. Above the girl is the greeting: To My Love in red letters. The message inside the card is:Sh-h-h for…
Free Vintage Embroidery Stitches Clip Art
I posted the first page of a 1902 article on Victorian fashion titled “The Dressmaker” to my blog last night. This is the second and final page of the article. This page completes the section on “Simple Embroidery for Gowns” that began at the end of the first page. Included on this page are several…
Free Printable Victorian Dressmaker Clip Art
This printable page features a 1902 article on Victorian fashion titled “The Dressmaker”, subtitled “The Bouffant Effect in Coats; Embroidery for Gowns, Etc.” The article speaks of the need for coats, jackets and outer garments in general to be looser than before due to the new contoured style of low-bust, straight-front corsets and the bouffant…
Free Vintage Clip Art Lovers Advertising Card
This first paragraph on the back of this vintage clip art advertising card explains the colorful illustration of lovers on the front of the card, “According to a prevalent European legend, Wells, when in the mood, would answer lovers’ questions. In our picture, the maiden having addressed her queries at a propitious moment, is being…
Free Vintage Carnation Flowers Clip Art
Here is a beautiful vintage clip art illustration of three white and red carnations. The caption below the illustration is “Picotees”. A picotee is a flower whose petals are edged by a different color than the main color of the flower petals. I scanned the original image from Familiar Garden Flowers, circa 1897, by F….
Free Vintage Clip Art Steamer Trunk
Here is a vintage catalog listing for a “Battleship” Steamer Trunk. The trunk was available in three sizes with prices ranging from $10.00 for the smallest size to $11.60 for the largest size. The ad is from the 1916 Sears Roebuck and Co. winter catalogue. Here is a black and white clip art version of the trunk from the…
Free Vintage Clip Art Valentine Stamps
This set of twenty-five vintage clip art valentine stamps features several cute characters offering plenty of hugs and kisses. These red, white and blue stamps were designed for children to cut out and paste on valentine envelopes. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Clip Art Rose Illustration
Here is a beautiful vintage illustration of a wild rose. The scientific name for this rose is Rosa Spinosissima (burnet-leaved rose). “Spinosissima” means “the most spiny”. Here is a black and white clip art version of the illustration. I scanned the original image from Flowers of the Field by Rev. C. A. Johns. The book…
Free Vintage Printable Tea Coffee Pot Advertisement
Here is a vintage advertisement for the “rapid” tea pot and a coffee urn & cafetiere which were patented by General Hutchinson. The sole manufacturer of the equipment was Henry Loveridge & Co., of Wolverhampton. I scanned the original ad from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Click on image to enlarge.
