This vintage silhouette clip art illustration features a lady lying on a carpet reading a book. Click on image to enlarge. The illustration is from a special midwinter 1920 issue of The Delineator magazine.
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Fall Colored Oak Leaves and Acorns
Here is a lovely vintage illustration of oak leaves and acorns in beautiful fall tones of brown and beige with hints of red. Click on image to enlarge. I scanned the original image from Wild Fruits of the Country Side by F. Edward Hulme, 1907.
Early Rose Globe Radish
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of an Early Rose Globe Radish. I scanned the original image from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Here is a cleaner black and white version of the radish. Click on images to enlarge
Vintage Grocery Invoice
This wonderfully aged vintage grocery invoice, dated August 8, 1881, includes large purchases of barley, bran, and onions. The total cost of the three items was $28.16. Click on image to enlarge.
Shoe Filled with Forget Me Nots
Last Saturday I went to an antique show and sale that is held in our city once a year. There are hundreds of vendors with tables and it takes several hours to walk through if you want to see everything; however, even after hours of walking, admiring, and touching things (touching was allowed), I’m sure I…
Picnic Basket Clip Art
This vintage magazine clipping promotes the use of a portable wicker picnic basket (referred to as a fruit package) “for packing fruit, game, vegetables, bottled liquids, meat, and any of those things which we put up in the square or oblong crates.” Here is a black and white clip art version of the open and…
Beatrix Potter Mouse
Here is a Beatrix Potter illustration of an adorable little mouse named Hunca Munca. She is wearing a purple floral dress and white pinafore and carrying a broom and dustpan. The image is from a vintage storybook titled The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter, 1904. Click on image to enlarge.
Brazilian Cardinal Bird Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage illustration of a lovely Brazilian Cardinal bird perched on a tree branch. The image is from a book titled Canaries and Cage Birds by George H. Holden, published in 1895. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Floral French Seed Label
This beautiful vintage French seed label features an illustration of four colorful flowers. The description on the label is Belle de Nuit Variee which, according to an online translation, is Beautiful Night Variee in English although I’m guessing Variee can further be translated to Variety. When researching the name of this flower, I was fascinated to learn that some flowers…
Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis Floral Clip Art
Here is a beautiful flowering branch of Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis. Plus a black and white clip art version. The engraving is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Bay Rum Label
Here is beautifully designed and colorful vintage label for Bay Rum. The rum contained 37% grain alcohol and was guaranteed by Phil Eisemann under the Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906. Here is a matching neck bottle label. Click on images to enlarge.
Moustache Man Vintage Clip Art
This vintage illustration features a young Victorian “moustache man” dressed in a tennis suit. His outfit consists of a long sleeve button-down shirt with a tie finished into a bow at the collar, cumberbund at the waist, and striped pants. The man is also wearing a cap and holding a tennis ball in his left hand. The…
