Here is a lovely vintage magazine advertisement for Mary Garden Perfume sold under the Rigaud label. The ad features a happy young couple bundled up for winter, standing outdoors on a snowy street. They have stopped to look into a large shop window and admire a display of Mary Garden perfumes and beauty products. The…
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Milk Bottles Clip Art
This strip of catalog listings includes descriptions and/or pricing for milk bottles, milk bottle caps, parchment butter paper and dairy salt. Also included are illustrations of three sizes of milk bottles and an illustration of milk bottle caps, showing one cap being opened and one cap closed. Here are black and white clip art versions of…
Corset Ad and Clip Art
This vintage advertisement for an F. P. corset features an illustration of a corset fitted to a dress form, on a polka dot background. The corset cost $1.25 and the ad claimed the corset to be America’s Favorite. Here is a larger black and white clip art version of the corset design from the ad….
Appleton’s Bias Velveteen Binding
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for Appleton’s Velveto-Diagon brand of bias velveteen skirt binding. It was available in 52 of the latest shades. The ad features an illustration of a roll of skirt binding and claims the product to be of superior quality and warranted not to fringe, ravel or separate. Here is a black…
Velvet Grip Host Supporter Ad
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for the Velvet Grip brand of hose supporter. The ad claimed that the buttons on this brand of hose support were moulded from the best grade rubber and suggests that the buyer should not be deceived by [other manufacturers hose support] buttons made of wood. Click on image to…
Zither Harp French Advertisement
This wonderful antique French magazine advertisement features a lovely young lady playing a zither harp. I scanned the original advertisement from the December 1901 issue of Le Petit Echo de la Mode. Here is a black and white clip art version of the illustration from the ad. Click on images to enlarge.
Round Corner Vulcanized Fiber Trunk
Here is a vintage catalogue listing for a round corner vulcanized fiber trunk. The trunk was available in three sizes with prices ranging from $19.60 for the smallest size to $23.20 for the largest size. The ad is from the 1916 Sears Roebuck and Co. winter catalogue. Here is a black and white clip art version of the trunk…
Vintage Christmas Ads
Here are three vintage magazine advertisements that promote various products as Christmas gifts.Gorham Manufacturing Co., solid silver articles: Huyler’s Bonbons Chocolates: Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co., baby organ: I scanned the original ads from pre-1900 issues of St. Nicholas magazines. Click on images to enlarge.
New England Mince Meat Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for Dougherty’s New England Mince Meat. The ad includes an illustration of a package of mincemeat with a basket of fruit sketched on the side. Mincemeat is used to make pie, especially during the Christmas season. Here is a black and white clip art version of the illustration from…
Santa Playing Piano Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for The Everett Piano that was manufactured by The John Church Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio. The ad includes a fun illustration of Santa (taking a break from delivering toys) having a jolly time playing the piano while two surprised children peek in on him around the edge of an…
Flexible Flyer Sled Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a Flexible Flyer sled that was manufactured by the S. L. Allen & Co., in Philadelphia. The ad states that this sled is self-steering, you manage it without your feet on the steering bar, and it goes faster than any other sled. The ad is from the December…
Happy Home Vintage Santa Ad
Here is a vintage advertisement for a Home-Making and House-Keeping book published by The Butterick Publishing Co. The ad claims the book includes “complete instructions for making every home beautiful and, therefore, happy”. Although the illustration of Santa Claus included in the ad seems completely unrelated to the book, or to making a home happy,…
