Here is a vintage catalogue listing for a beautiful “Battleship” trunk. The advertisement claims the trunk was built like a battleship, because it was reinforced at every point where a trunk was generally weakest. The box was made of three-ply veneer lumber, covered with a heavy water resisting oil painted canvas. It was available in four…
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Mother and Baby Bedtime Prayers ~ Free Vintage Image
This vintage engraving features a young mother holding her baby on her lap. It appears that the baby is ready for bed and they are saying goodnight prayers together. The image is titled Young Motherhood. It’s from Gaskell’s Compendium of Forms Educational Social Legal and Commercial, 1880. Click on image to enlarge.
Yellow Wood-Sorrel ~ Free Vintage Botanical Image
Here is a vintage botanical illustration of a plant with yellow flowers and green heart-shaped leaves. The name of the plant is Yellow Wood-Sorrel; the scientific name is Oxalis Stricta. The image is from Wild Flowers of America, published July 17, 1894. Click on image to enlarge.
Ostrich Plume ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage catalogue listing for ostrich plumes. The plumes were sold in a variety of colors and sizes, ranging in price from 33 cents to $1.85 each. The ad is from a 1907 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue in my collection. Here is a black and white clip art image of the ostrich plume from…
Basket of Shell Flowers ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage engraving of a basket of pretty shell flowers. The image is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
Historical Map of Australia ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a beautiful old map of Australia. New Zealand and Tasmania are also included on the map. This is a C. S. Hammond map that was printed in one of a two-volume set of dictionaries in my collection that was published in 1906. Click on image to enlarge.
Rubber Stamp Outfit
Here is a vintage catalog listing for a rubber stamp outfit. The set contained letters, figures, signs, inking pad, bottle of ink, guide strip and spacer. The price for the kit was $1.50 for letters 7/8” high and $3.50 for letters 1 1/2” high. The ad is is from the Northern School Supply Company Catalog, published in…
Ladies’ Victorian Promenade Gown ~ Free Vintage Image
This lovely Victorian fashion plate includes a front view and a back view of ladies modelling beautiful Promenade Gowns. The feature lady in the foreground is daintily walking her well-groomed black poodle. The illustration is from the April 1900 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Cork Oak Leaves and Acorn ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage engraving of the fruit and leaves of Quercus Suber, or the Cork Oak tree. The beautiful botanical image is 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 clipart version of the acorn and leaves. Click on images to enlarge.
Enamel on Steel Kettle ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a catalogue listing for a vintage enamelled-on-steel kettle. The cost for the 4 quart size kettle was $1.35; the 5 quart size cost $1.58. The ad is from the 1897-8 H. O’neill & Co. catalogue. Here is a black and white clipart version of the kettle. Click on images to enlarge.
Boats of Various Climes ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage book plate titled Boats of Various Climes. The page includes illustrations of: a Chinese Junk, Indian Canoe, Dutch Fishing-Boat, Esquimaux Kayak, Dory, Modern Yacht, Catamaran, English Fishing-Boat, Motor Boat, Haida Indian Canoe, Thames Range, Venetian Gondola, and a Mediterranean Felucca. The art is by F. E. Wright. The page is from a dictionary in…
Long-tailed Ichneumon Fly ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
With its transparent wings, long slender body, long tails and long antennae, I think this is an elegant looking insect. It’s a Long-tailed Ichneumon Fly. The image is from Hooker’s Illustrated Natural History by Worthington Hooker, M.D. The book was published in 1864. Click on image to enlarge.
