This vintage image shows a woman ironing her clothes the old fashioned way. Before electricity, sadirons were commonly used for the job. The iron would have to be heated on a wood or coal burning stove until it was hot enough to take creases out of the clothing. Here is a black and white clip…
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Circus Acrobat Vintage Clip Art
Here is a sketch of a vintage circus acrobat doing a one-handed handstand on the upper back edge of a chair. This is the fifth in a series of eight vintage circus images that I’ll be posting from the November 1891 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Steadmans Lessons in Writing Booklet Cover
Here is an aged front cover of a Steadmans’ Graded Lessons in Writing booklet that was published by the American Book Company in the early 1900s. This booklet was printed for students to practice penmanship skills. Click on image to enlarge.
Flowering Strawberry Plant ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a beautiful flowering strawberry plant, showing numerous short stamens. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Circus Horse Clip Art
Here is a sketch of a vintage circus horse. His mane is trimmed and there is a pretty flower fastened to the bridle at the base of his ear. This is the fourth in a series of eight vintage circus images that I’ll be posting from the November 1891 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Girl and Boy Summer Fashion
Here is a Victorian girl and a Victorian boy at the beach. The children are dressed in outfits “particularly well adapted for seashore wear” for the summer of 1900. The images are from the July 1900 issue of The Designer magazine. Click on images to enlarge.
Beautiful Butterfly ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This beautiful image of a Large Cabbage Butterfly is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Circus Horse and Rider
Here is a black and white clip art image of a vintage circus trick rider who is seated, at the moment of this sketch, at the edge of one side of the horse’s back that he’s riding. It seems the rider would fall off the horse from this position but he looks calm as he turns back…
Street Show by Kate Greenaway
STREET SHOW. PUFF, puff, puff. How the trumpets blow. All you little boys and girls come and see the show. One – two – three, the Cat runs up the tree; But the little Bird he flies away – “She hasn’t got me!” This vintage storybook image and poem, Street Show (spelling and grammar as it…
Happy Baby Girl ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art image of a happy baby girl. She is wearing a pretty dress, bonnet and shoes. She is holding her doll in one hand and a flower in the other. There is a vase of flowers, with flowers spilling out from each vase, on each side of the little girl….
Straw Bee Hives ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage image features straw beehives. The beehive on the left is closed and one on the right is open. The illustration is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
Little Folks March 1920 Front Cover
This front cover of the March 1920 issue of Little Folks magazine features a vintage illustration of sleeping beauty. She looks cozy as she sleeps on a fluffy white pillow and ruffled white linens. She is covered with a purple blanket and pretty pink flowers have grown around her bed. A little prince has fallen asleep sitting at her bedside. Click…
