This wonderfully aged vintage grocery invoice, dated August 8, 1881, includes large purchases of barley, bran, and onions. The total cost of the three items was $28.16. Click on image to enlarge.
Ephemera
Victorian Calling Cards
Here are two beautiful Victorian calling cards. he first card includes an illustration of a dove, with outstretched wings, tucked in a bouquet of flowers. In the foreground is a man’s hand on the left and a woman’s hand on the right. They are each holding one end of a blue ribbon that is inscribed…
Frosting and Filling Recipes
After posting a vintage cookbook page of recipes for Lady Baltimore Cake and Lord Baltimore Cake last week, I received a couple requests for the frosting and filling recipes to complete the cakes. Here are those recipes. Lady Baltimore Cake requires the Lady Baltimore Filling and Frosting recipes. Lord Baltimore Filling and Boiled Frosting recipes…
Horsfords Acid Phosphate Trading Card
This Victorian trading card features an adorable head and shoulders illustration of a young girl with curly hair. The girl is wearing a pink dress with a white ruffled collar and a matching pink hat. The advertising on the card is for Horsford’s Acid Phosphate – a medication for mental and physical exhaustion, dyspepsia, etc….
Vintage Knitting Pattern Child’s Stocking
This vintage magazine clipping features a knitting pattern for a child’s stocking. The article includes an illustration of the knit stocking and finishes with instructions to make a larger stocking. I scanned the original article from the June 1904 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
A Morning Walk
This lovely Victorian card features an illustration of mother and daughter out for a morning walk on a late summer or early fall day. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Calling Cards
Here are two beautiful Victorian calling cards. The first one features an illustration of two white birds sitting on a green basket that is filled with blue forget-me-nots and pink roses. A hand is reaching toward the basket and there is a note with the message: Sweet remembrance! tucked between the birds. The second calling…
Shabby Victorian Calling Cards
Here are two beautifully aged and shabby Victorian calling cards. Each card includes a floral design on the left and a name written in a fancy calligraphy font. The name on the first card is Regina Hofer. Here is a version of the card without the name. The name on the second card is Clemens…
Vintage Postcard Ephemera Gardening
Here are the front and back sides of three shabby vintage gardening business postcards. The first postcard is dated April 1, 1882, and was sent by Johnson & Stokes, a company that sold garden, grass field and flower seeds, agricultural implements &c. The second postcard is dated March 29, 1878, and was sent by Dreer’s…
Victorian Calling Card
Happy Valentine’s Day! This lovely Victorian calling card features an illustration of a hand holding a cluster of yellow and red roses. Included in the illustration is a small card with the message: Truly thine. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Library Cards
Here are two aged and shabby vintage library cards. They are from the book Birdcraft, by Mabel Osgood Wright, 1897, a recent addition to my collection. When the book arrived and I saw these old library cards intact, I was excited to share them with you! Library Card Front: Library Card Back: A separate Date Due card:…
Victorian Calling Card Roses and Dove
This lovely Victorian calling card includes an illustration of a hand holding two red roses and a white dove resting on the stem of the flowers. The illustration is framed in small blue flowers and the card is finished with a scalloped edge. The message on the card is: Believe my love is sincere. Click…
