This vintage magazine advertisement for Corticelli Silk features two sweet kittens playing with a spool of thread. The ad is from the March 1907 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal. Here is a black and white clip art version of the kittens from the ad. Click on images to enlarge.
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Victorian Boy on Fence ~ Free Graphic
This vintage advertising card features an image of an adorable Victorian boy sitting on a rugged fence. He is holding a sprig of holly and berries. Although bits of snow cover the fence rail, the bench the boy’s feet are resting on and the trees in the background, it must not be a cold day…
Poinsettia Stencil ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a beautiful black and white clip art illustration of a poinsettia flower and one leaf. The image is a stencil from the Priscilla Fancy Work Catalogue, 1910. Click on image to enlarge.
Map of Ireland ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a wonderful vintage C. S. Hammond map of Ireland. I scanned it from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906. Click on image to enlarge.
Bertha and Mary Shopping ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
“Bertha said that she would keep shop, and Mary should come and buy of her. So she put her little scales upon a chair, and a basket of vegetables and apples by her side, and made a very good shopkeeper. Little Mary put on nurse’s bonnet, which was nearly as big as herself, and came…
Behold Bejewel Believe ~ Free Dictionary Graphic
This aged page, from a vintage dictionary published in 1922, includes the words: behold, bejewel, belfry, belief, believe and believer. Click on image to enlarge.
Indian Chief ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage Indian Hanger features a wonderful illustration of an Indian Chief wearing a feathered headdress. The chief is framed by sketches of an arrowhead spear, a pipe and an outdoor scene that includes three teepees. Here is a black and white version of the Indian Hanger. For additional creative options, here is version of…
Santa Driving Car ~ Free Vintage Illustration
This vintage postcard features a wonderful illustration of a jolly Santa. He has traded in his sleigh for a bright yellow car. Santa must be driving fast because his hat is flying off his head. The message on the lower right of the card is Glad Christmas Greetings. Click on image to enlarge.
Infant’s Wardrobe ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage advertisement for the most complete infant’s wardrobe, 21 separate garments made by the Modes Fashion and Pattern Company. The regular retail price for the entire infant’s wardrobe was 75 cents but with the coupon attached to the ad, the wardrobe was available for 40 cents. I scanned the original ad from…
Little Jack Frost Sheet Music ~ Free Vintage Graphic
Here is a page of vintage sheet music. In this song, Little Jack Frost is running up and down the hill, tripping round and round and laughing aloud with all his might. He is having a great time spreading white snow on the frozen ground, nipping the breezes, icing the streams and chilling the warmth…
Fairytale Princess ~ Vintage Storybook Clip Art
This vintage storybook illustration is from an old, uncommon, story of Jack and the Beanstalk. In the story, Jack made a trade with an elf: an apple for a hatful of magic beans. Immediately after Jack planted the magic beans in his garden, a tall beanstalk grew; Jack and the elf climbed the beanstalk together….
Birds Christmas Postcard ~ Free Vintage Graphic
This lovely vintage Christmas postcard features two birds perched side-by-side on a branch of holly. The birds are brown and with red coloring around their eyes and on their breasts. One of the birds is singing. There are berries growing on the branch of holly and there are bits of snow on a few of…
