This floral Victorian card features a beautiful illustration of two white flowers in full bloom on thorny stems with plenty of leaves. Two flower buds are illustrated to the left of one of the white flowers and a ladybug is crawling on the leaf below the same flower. The message, on the lower right corner…
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Shabby Vintage Envelope Adam’s Express Co
Here is a shabby vintage envelope for the Western Department of Adam’s Express Company. The front of the grungy and aged printable envelope, from the 1880s, includes the name of the company, the department, a line for a dollar amount that would be included in the envelope, and a line for a signature of the…
Printable Vintage Receipts
Here are three shabby and aged printable vintage receipts: The first is a receipt on behalf of Barton & Looker, wholesale and retail dealers in hardware, wooden and willow ware, paints and oil, glass, paper and paper bags, etc. The receipt was made out to Mrs. Emily N. Smith on June 24, 1896. The items…
Dolly Dingle and Sammy Vintage Paper Dolls
A popular series of Dolly Dingle paper dolls, by Grace Drayton, was a regular feature in the Pictorial Review magazine in the early 1900s. This page, from the January 1922 issue of the Pictorial Review magazine is titled Dolly Dingle and Sammy Go Skating. Included on the page are the Dolly Dingle and Sammy paper…
Vintage Paper Doll Betty Bonnet’s Grandparents
Betty Bonnet was a popular vintage paper doll in the early 1900s. A series of the paper dolls, created by Sheila Young, was a regular feature in The Ladies’ Home Journal magazine from 1915 to 1918. This page, from the September 1917 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal features the vintage paper doll: Betty Bonnet’s Grandparents…
French Documents Antique Invoices Receipts and Letters
I received a wonderful package from France last Friday afternoon. It was filled with a variety of naturally aged antique French invoices, receipts and handwritten documents that I purchased from an online seller ten days prior (fast shipping from France to Canada). I scanned this three-page official French document to share with you. It was…
Vintage Printable Magazine Ads
This digital collage sheet features a variety of five interesting vintage magazine advertisements from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Included on the page is an ad for Whiting’s writing paper, a garden seed ad, an advertisement for an artistic homes booklet, a nursing course ad and an ad for hair curlers. I have also…
European Wren Clip Art
This vintage illustration features an adorable European Wren perched on the side of its nest that is built on a tree branch. Here is a black and white clip art version of the bird. I scanned the original image from a book in my collection titled The Animal Kingdom Illustrated by S. G. Goodrich. The…
Our Darlings Vintage Book Cover
This vintage book cover features a lovely illustration of two young girls, dressed in matching pale green dresses, in the woods. The older girl has pulled down a branch of berries for the younger girl to pick from. There is a grouping of pretty, colorful leaves in the foreground. I scanned the original image from…
Open Vintage Notebook with Lined Pages
This vintage notebook is opened to the center of a signature and shows three rows of thread stitching that fasten the signature to the spine of the booklet. Both pages, to the left and to the right, are lined and blank.
The Story of December
This vintage book page features an article titled The Story of December. Some of the topics covered in the article are: the history of the name December, holly being the special flower of the month, and its gem being turquoise. The article also mentions: the solstice, the Romans’ goddess, Vesta, being their special diety of…
Vintage Sewing Coupons Ephemera
Here are three shabby and aged vintage sewing pattern coupons. One of the coupons entitled the bearer to purchase pattern number 3943, a girl’s dress, for 10 cents, which was half the regular price of the pattern. The second coupon entitled the bearer to purchase pattern number 3946, a misses’ skirt pattern for 10 cents,…
