Here is a vintage French seed label that features an illustration of two bunches of leeks. The description on the label is Poireau Gros du Midi. This type of vintage seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale. Click on image to enlarge.
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Ladies with Parasols
This lovely vintage illustration features two ladies visiting outdoors. They are both dressed in long, beautiful dresses and elaborate hats. Each lady is holding a parasol. The image is from the June 1908 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
June Rose ~ Vintage Postcard Image
This beautiful vintage postcard features an illustration of roses intertwined in a golden design on a blue background. The message on the card is: JuneRoseTo crownit all theybring herhealthPEARLSfor the girlof Junemeans wealth. Click on image to enlarge.
Partner Partridge Party Dictionary Page
This aged page, from a vintage dictionary published in 1922, includes the words: partake, Parthenon, participant, participation, partner, partridge and party. Click on image to enlarge.
Camping Outfit ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage catalogue advertisement for a cooking kit that was made for camping. The kit contained a total of 53 pieces, including: a fire jack, two boilers that were suitable for use as ovens, a frying pan, coffeepot, and all utensils and tableware for a party of six. The complete camping outfit cost…
Strawberry Meringue Cake ~ Free Vintage Graphics
This vintage cookbook page includes an illustration of a Strawberry Meringue Cake and the recipe to make it. Here is a cleaner version of the cake from the page. My original scan is from Cake Secrets, by Igleheart Brothers Inc., 1928 P. Co., Inc. (copyright was not renewed). Click on images to enlarge.
Two-Wheel Velocipede
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a two-wheel velocipede. The ad states that this early bicycle was sized for boys with a 26-inch wheel and it had a plain seat. The cost was $25 or $30 with horse. I don’t know the meaning of “with horse”. The ad also states that “Any Boy can…
Blue Forget-Me-Nots ~ Vintage Postcard Image
This vintage birthday postcard features a square vase that is filled with beautiful blue Forget-Me-Nots. The message on the postcard is: Birthday Best Wishes. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Shellfish Illustrations
Here are vintage engravings of three fascinating species of shellfish. They include the Sun-Star, Acorn Barnacles on a Limpet Shell and the Serpulae. The illustrations are from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume I, circa 1869. Click on images to enlarge.
Hollyhock Flower Child
Here is a shabby vintage storybook page that includes an illustration of a lovely Hollyhock flower child. The page also includes the following short poem: STATELY Lady Hollyhock,In a lovely colored frock,Taught her children every dayPrecisely what to do and say. Here is a cleaner version of the hollyhock flower child. The page is from…
Apple Blossom Free Botanical Clip Art
Here is a beautiful vintage botanical clip art illustration of a flowering branch of apple blossoms. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
Domestic Sewing Machine ~ Free Printable Card
The front of this Victorian printable advertising card features a lovely illustration of a lady out in a garden or meadow with her daughter and their cute brown dog. The mother is wearing a beautiful blue dress and a white hat and the daughter has on a pretty white dress with a large pink sash. She…
