THE TEA PARTY.IN the pleasant green GardenWe sat down to tea;“Do you take sugar?” and“Do you take milk?”She’d got a new gown on –A smart one of silk.We all were as happyAs happy could be,On that bright Summer’s dayWhen she asked us to tea. This vintage storybook image and poem, The Tea Party, is from Marigold Garden by Kate…
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Winter-Time ~ Free Vintage Poem and Clip Art
I have another image in mind to post later this afternoon or early evening but I’ve had this poem, Winter-Time, saved to my computer for a few months and I want to delete my draft version. Although it’s not necessarily in season with tomorrow being the first day of spring, I thought I would post it for…
Kate Greenaway To The Sun Door ~ Free Vintage Storybook Illustration
TO THE SUN DOOR. THEY saw it rise in the morning, They saw it set at night, And they longed to go and see it. Ah! if they only might. The little soft white clouds heard them, And stepped from out of the blue; And each laid a little child softly Upon its bosom of…
Kate Greenaway In An Apple Tree ~ Free Vintage Storybook Illustration
IN AN APPLE TREE. IN September, when the apples are red,To Belinda I said,“Would you like to go awayTo Heaven, or stayHere in this orchard full of treesAll your life?” And she said, “If you pleaseI’ll stay here – where I know,And the flowers grow.” This vintage storybook image and poem, In An Apple Tree,…
Puppy in Wooden Tub ~ Free Vintage Image
This adorable brown puppy is about to get a bath in an old-fashioned, small wooden tub that has been placed on a short stool. The image is from A Summer at Grandma’s, published by Homewood Publishing Company in 1902. Click on image to enlarge.
Tip-A-Toe by Kate Greenaway
TIP-A-TOE TIP-A-TOE,See them go;One, two, three –Chloe, Prue, and me;Up and down,To the Town,A Lord was there,And the Lady fair.And what did they sing?Oh, “Ring-a-ding-ding;”And the Black Crow flew offWith the Lady’s Ring. This vintage storybook image and poem, Tip-A-Toe, is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.
Kate Greenaway Susan Blue ~ Free Vintage Illustration
SUSAN BLUE OH, Susan Blue,How do you do?Please may I go for a walk with you?Where shall we go?Oh, I know –Down in the meadow where the cowslips grow! This vintage storybook image and poem, Susan Blue, is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.
Kate Greenaway The Little Jumping Girls ~ Free Vintage Illustration
THE LITTLE JUMPING GIRLS JUMP-jump-jump-Jump awayFrom this town intoThe next, to-day. Jump-jump-jumpJump over the moon;Jump all the morning,And all the noon. This vintage storybook image and poem, The Little Jumping Girls, is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.
Kate Greenaway Blue Shoes ~ Free Vintage Illustration
BLUE SHOES LITTLE Blue ShoesMustn’t goVery far alone, you know.Else she’ll fall down,Or, lose her way;Fancy – whatWould mamma say?Better put her little handUnder sister’s wise command.When she’s a little older grownBlue Shoes may go quite alone. This vintage storybook image and poem, Blue Shoes, is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to…
Shyness by Oscar Pletsch ~ Free Vintage Graphic
SHYNESS This very modest-looking little maid Never knows what it is to be afraid: Should a spring bubble up across her way, For help to ford it she will never stay, But leaps right over it with secret joy; Her gallant spirit might befit a boy. Why does she droop her head so shyly now?…
Kate Greenaway Tea Party Illustration
“You see, merry Phillis, that dear little maid, Has invited Belinda to tea; Her nice little garden is shaded by trees- What pleasanter place could there be? There’s a cake full of plums, there are strawberries too, And the table is set on the green; I’m fond of a carpet all daisies and grass- Could…
Free Vintage Image ~ Goats at the Farm
Here is a beautiful image of four farm goats, One goat is standing on a large rock and three others are at the water’s edge, on the ground below. This image is from a children’s book titled Visit to the Farm by Koerner & Hayes, 1896. Click on image to enlarge.
