This vintage Easter postcard features a well-dressed bunny dancing with a happy girl and her doll in a meadow. The illustration is enclosed within a pretty frame of silver and floral designs. Two small chicks are perched at the top edges of the frame. The message on the card is: A Happy EasterLike the sunshine…
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Victorian Boy Valentine Postcard
This vintage Valentine’s Day postcard features a head and shoulders illustration of an adorable Victorian boy, wearing a green and white striped shirt and lime green bow tie, within a large red heart. The greeting on the card is: Twas nice of St. ValentineTo give me a dayOn which I have the nerve to sayThat…
Embroidered Monograms Clip Art
This vintage magazine clipping includes a variety of six beautiful embroidered monogram designs. The article includes instructions to transfer the designs with tissue paper but I’m thinking that modern-day transfer methods may be more efficient. Here is a black and white clip art version of the monograms. I scanned the original article from the January 1890…
Free Vintage Grunge Texture Graphics
Here are three shabby grunge paper texture graphics. I scanned the originals from antique books in my collection that were published in the late 1800s. Click on images to enlarge.
Gordon Setter Dog Engraving
Here is a wonderful vintage engraving of a Gordon Setter dog. Information included below the image indicates the dog was named Lady Pilot. She was born July 4, 1880 and was owned by Samuel G. Dixon, of Philadelphia. Here is a black and white clip art version. I scanned the original image from The Illustrated Stock…
Crimson Flax Floral Illustration
Here is a beautiful vintage botanical illustration of a Crimson Flax. A description of this flower (from the book I scanned the illustration from) indicates the crimson flax is one of the most splendid hardy annuals known and is capable of becoming a perennial under suitable management. Its average growth is twelve to fifteen inches;…
Polar Bear Engraving
This wonderful vintage engraving features two polar bears at the Arctic. One of the bears is walking on the ice toward the water while a second bear, in the background, has just been for a swim and is coming out of the water onto the ice. Several ice caps frame the scene and many birds…
Vintage Puppy and Kitten Valentine
This vintage valentine features a cute puppy and kitten. On the front of the card, the puppy and kitten are cuddled together with a heart behind them that reads: HELLO Valentine! On the back of the card the puppy is on the left side holding a red heart and and the kitten is on the…
Sweaters for Men, Women and Children
These three pages from an antique catalogue feature a variety of sweater styles for men, women and children and a selection of men’s knit jackets. Also included on the pages are shoulder braces for men, women and children. A handkerchief department is included as well. The pages are from the 1907 Sears, Roebuck & Co.catalogue. Click…
Vintage Frog Valentine
This vintage valentine features an adorable green frog in mid-hop. He’s wearing baby blue overalls and a yellow straw hat. There is a large red heart behind the frog with the message: Hey! Let’s be Valentines. Click on image to enlarge.
Mallard Duck Vintage Illustration
Here is a wonderful vintage illustration of a Mallard duck standing on a rock at water’s edge. Here is a black and white clip art version. I scanned the original page from Birdcraft by Mabel Osgood Wright, 1897. The artwork is by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Click on images to enlarge.
Victorian Calling Cards
Here are two beautiful Victorian calling cards. he first card includes an illustration of a dove, with outstretched wings, tucked in a bouquet of flowers. In the foreground is a man’s hand on the left and a woman’s hand on the right. They are each holding one end of a blue ribbon that is inscribed…
