Here is a vintage catalogue advertisement for a most comfortable Morris Rocker. A special feature of this chair was the automatic reclining back. With a turn of the hand nut on the side of the chair, the back of the chair would recline to any position desired. The price of the chair was $10.35 for…
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Victorian Farmers Loading Hay
This Victorian farm clip art piece features two farmers loading hay into a horse-drawn cart. One of the farmers is standing beside the cart, passing hay to another farmer that is working in the cart. The scene includes a few roosters roaming around the cart. Click on image to enlarge.
Handsome Victorian Man
This handsome, neatly dressed Victorian gentleman with wavy hair and a neatly trimmed beard is George A. Gaskell (1844 – 1885), professor and author. The image is from Gaskell’s Compendium of Forms Educational Social Legal and Commercial, 1880. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image of Gaskell. Click on images to…
Horse Drawn Coal Wagon
This clip art piece features a Victorian country scene. A man is riding in a horse-drawn wagon that is being pulled by a black horse and a reddish colored horse on a dirt path. There is a large bucket of coal in the wagon beside the farmer. Click on image to enlarge.
Circus Ringmaster Vintage Clip Art
Here is a black and white clip art image of a Victorian circus ringmaster. He looks dapper with his trimmed beard and handlebar mustache; dressed in coattails, top hat, tall boots, and gloves. This is the seventh in a series of eight vintage circus images that I’ll be posting from the November 1891 issue of The…
Circus Performer Clip Art
Here is an illustration of a vintage circus performer riding on the back of his horse in a standing position. This is the sixth in a series of eight vintage circus images that I’ll be posting from the November 1891 issue of The Delineator magazine. For additional creative options, I thought some of you may like to have…
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.
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…
Circus Clown Vintage Clip Art
Here is a black and white clip art image of a vintage circus clown. He’s wearing an old fashioned baggy clown suit with a large ruffled collar and ruffles at the hem of each pant leg. With a painted on smile and perky eyebrows, he’s a happy looking clown. It looks like he’s doing a little dance. …
Man Eating Pie Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for Atmore’s Mince Meat Genuine English Plum Pudding. The ad features a man (the father of the pie family) seated at a table, enjoying a piece of pie. I scanned the ad from the January 1896 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image from…
Victorian Men’s Neckties ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a black and white clip art collection of Victorian men’s neckwear. I scanned the original images from the Koch & Co. Spring and Summer 1898 Fashion Catalogue. Details for each item in this collection are as follows (left to right, top to bottom): 1. Men’s Teck Scarf, neat fancy effects, also black silk and satin, 25c, 49c and…
Garden Peas Vintage Catalogue Ad
This vintage advertisement for Henderson’s New Early Pea “Prosperity” includes an image of a man picking beautifully ripened garden peas. His wooden basket is full and the vines still hold an abundance of peas. Large illustrations of individual peas are in the foreground of the image. The page is from the Peter Henderson & Co. Everything for…
