This lovely vintage ornamental design is made up of flowers, leaves and swirls, some of which look like curly vines. The illustration is from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill, 1886. Click on image to enlarge.
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Kindergarten Songs for Sept ~ Free Vintage Graphic
This vintage page of sheet music was written for kindergarten students. Included on the page are several short songs for the young children to learn during the month of September. The songs are: Family Song, Prayer, Cradle Song, Knock at The Door and My Doll. This page of sheet music is from the book First Year…
Five Piece Tea Set ~ Free Antique Clip Art
Here is an antique catalogue advertisement for an elegant hand-engraved Victorian tea set. The set included five pieces, including: a tea pot, sugar bowl, cream pitcher, spoon holder and butter dish. The total cost for this beautiful set was $10.00. My original scan is from the Koch & Co. Spring and Summer 1898 Fashion Catalogue. Here…
Swans Swimming on Pond ~ Free Vintage Image
This lovely vintage image features three swans swimming on a pond. There is a creek flowing, along a cluster of trees, into the pond. More trees, a mountain and a bird in flight are in the distant background. The illustration is from a book of poetry titled Gems from Whittier, circa 1900. Click on image to…
Vampire Bat ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a short article, from an antique book, about Vampire Bats. The article states that the Vampire Bat of South America measures two or three feet from tip to tip of the wings. It lives by sucking blood from different animals, which it does while they are asleep, and commonly without awaking them. Included…
Free Vintage Christmas Wishbone Postcard Image
This vintage Christmas postcard features a wishbone decorated with holly and berries and a red ribbon. The ribbon is wrapped around the holly and berries and tied into a bow at the top of the wishbone. The greeting on the card is: A Merry Christmas. Click on image to enlarge.
Elegant Victorian Villa ~ Free Spooky House Clip Art
Here is a clip art image of an elegant Victorian villa. I think this house is spooky looking and would work well as a scary or haunted house for your Halloween projects. The illustration is from Our Homes and Their Adornments by Almon C. Varney, 1882. Click on image to enlarge.
Map of Europe ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a wonderful vintage C. S. Hammond map of Europe. I scanned it from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906. Click on image to enlarge.
Little Penelope’s Sewing ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a sweet vintage poem titled Little Penelope’s Sewing by Anna M. Pratt. An illustration of a young girl sewing a crazy quilt for her doll accompanies the poem. My original scan is from the May 1885 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image from the…
Aged Floral Endpaper
Here is a lovely floral endpaper that has aged and yellowed nicely over time. The page is from the book The Sunbeams and Me that was published by Raphael Tuck & Sons in the late 1800s. Click on image to enlarge.
Silver-Laced Wyandottes
Here is a wonderful vintage clip art image of a hen and rooster. They are Silver-Laced Wyandottes. The illustration is from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906. Click on image to enlarge.
Love Birds ~ Free Vintage Storybook Illustration
This vintage storybook illustration, titled Love Birds, features a young girl named Evie, and young boy named Jack, standing beside the cage of two turquoise-colored love birds. Jack is offering a piece of chickweed to one of the birds and the Evie is feeding the other bird a lump of sugar. The image is from…
