These printable antique pages of sheet music were written for kindergarten students. Included on the pages are three songs for the young children to learn. The songs are: Marching Song, The Gingerbread Boy and A Song of Thanks. I scanned the original pages from the book First Year Music by Hollis Dann, 1914. Click on images to enlarge.
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Rustic Victorian Country Cottage
Here is a unique clip art illustration of a charming, rustic Victorian country cottage. The image is from A Summer at Grandma’s, published by Homewood Publishing Company in 1902. Here is a black and white version. Click on images to enlarge.
Victorian Girl Removing Calendar Pages
In an attempt to be helpful to her mother, this young Victorian girl is removing all the pages from a calendar on the wall. The calendar was placed too high for the girl to reach from the floor but she has moved a chair over to the wall which makes her just tall enough to…
Christmas Bells Vintage Postcard
This beautiful vintage Christmas postcard features a grouping of three golden bells, a sprig of holly and berries and a sprig of mistletoe and berries that are tied together loosely with a pretty pink ribbon. The card includes “To” and “From” lines and the greeting: A bright Christmas. Click on image to enlarge
Happy Home Vintage Santa Ad
Here is a vintage advertisement for a Home-Making and House-Keeping book published by The Butterick Publishing Co. The ad claims the book includes “complete instructions for making every home beautiful and, therefore, happy”. Although the illustration of Santa Claus included in the ad seems completely unrelated to the book, or to making a home happy,…
Thanksgiving Turkey Menu
This vintage Thanksgiving postcard features an illustration of a turkey’s head and neck surrounded by a variety of colorful menus. The turkey is wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar. A “Thanksgiving Day” greeting is included in the upper right corner of the postcard. A message at the bottom edge of the card is: I’m…
Young Woman Cooking Clip Art
This vintage clip art illustration features a young woman cooking. She is sifting flour into, or perhaps icing sugar over, a full cake pan that is on a counter. Here is a black and white version. The image is from the April 1915 issue of Pictorial Review magazine. Click on images to enlarge.
Frosting and Filling Recipes
After posting a vintage cookbook page of recipes for Lady Baltimore Cake and Lord Baltimore Cake last week, I received a couple requests for the frosting and filling recipes to complete the cakes. Here are those recipes. Lady Baltimore Cake requires the Lady Baltimore Filling and Frosting recipes. Lord Baltimore Filling and Boiled Frosting recipes…
Fire Queen Stove Clip Art
This antique catalogue advertisement features a beautifully designed Fire Queen heater stove. The page includes a detailed description of the stove and pricing that ranges from $11.25 to $13.45, depending on the size of the stove. Here is a black and white clip art version of the stove from the ad. I scanned the original advertisement from…
Lilies Christmas Card
This antique Raphael Tuck and Sons Christmas card features a beautiful bouquet of white lilies with brown and green leaves on a cream colored background. The message on the card is: May theChild of Love abideThee and thine for ever near,Blessing every CHRISTMASTIDE,Blessing every bright New Year! Click on image to enlarge.
Flowering Almond Branch
Here is a beautiful vintage illustration of a Flowering Branch of Amygdalus Communis – or flowering almond branch. 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 black and white version. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Cake Clip Art and Recipes
This page from a vintage cookbook includes recipes for Lady Baltimore Cake and Lord Baltimore Cake Also included on the page is an illustration of a white layer cake on a green platter. A reddish brown frosting separates the layers of the cake; the top and sides are covered with white frosting. Here is a…
