Hi everyone! I have time to post images to my blog again. It won’t be every day and I generally won’t have enough extra time to do extensive restorative work on the images but I would like to share more from my collection with you here. This vintage postcard features an illustration of a busy…
1920s
Free Vintage Printable Corsets Catalog Page
This shabby vintage catalog page features illustrations of ladies modelling the latest styles in corsets. Sale prices for the corsets range between 98 cents and $2.19. The page is from a Chicago Mail Order Co. clothing catalogue, titled Challenge Sale that expired on February 28th, 1920. Click on image to enlarge.
Mary Garden Perfume Ad
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…
Mother and Children at Play
Happy Mother’s Day! Here is a fun vintage illustration of a mother enjoying playtime with her two young children. The mom is seated at the edge of the seat of a cozy chair with her daughter standing at her side. They are enjoying a large book together. A little boy is in the background wearing…
Feeding Winter Birds
This vintage clip art illustration features two young Victorian girls feeding the winter birds. The illustration is from the March 1920 issue of Little Folks magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Fairytale Princess ~ Vintage Storybook Clip Art
This vintage storybook illustration is from an old, uncommon, story of Jack and the Beanstalk. In the story, Jack made a trade with an elf: an apple for a hatful of magic beans. Immediately after Jack planted the magic beans in his garden, a tall beanstalk grew; Jack and the elf climbed the beanstalk together….
Old Fashioned Ladies’ Shoes ~ Free Vintage Image
This shabby vintage catalog page features four lovely, old fashioned, styles of ladies’ and one style of girls’ tall, lace-up shoes. Sale prices for the shoes range between $4.29 to $6.48 for the ladies’ styles and $2.98 for the girls’ style. The page is from a Chicago Mail Order Co. clothing catalogue, titled Challenge Sale that expired on February…
Vintage French Cheque Clip Art
This vintage French cheque features some wonderful details including a lovely swirl design on the left hand side, French handwriting, stamped names, numbers, dates and a mailing stamp. The signature of George Belloy (the owner of the company the cheque was printed for) appears below the mailing stamp. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Homes with Attached Garages
Here is an image of two lovely vintage homes on a quiet street. Both houses have been built with attached garages, a new feature to consider when building a home in the late teens and early 1920s. This is the floor plan for the house on the left. And the floor plan for the house on…
Little Folks March 1920 Front Cover
This front cover of the March 1920 issue of Little Folks magazine features a vintage illustration of sleeping beauty. She looks cozy as she sleeps on a fluffy white pillow and ruffled white linens. She is covered with a purple blanket and pretty pink flowers have grown around her bed. A little prince has fallen asleep sitting at her bedside. Click…
Homemade Loaf of Raisin Bread
This delicious looking loaf of homemade raisin bread is cooling on a round, flat, decorated stone. Half of the loaf has been sliced; half remains unsliced. The image is from Balanced Daily Diet, a small cookbook by Janet McKenzie Hill, 1921. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage French Invoice 1920
Here is an aged French vintage invoice dated April 14, 1920. Click on image to enlarge.
