This vintage illustration features two cherries growing from a branch and a sketch of a cherry tree leaf in the background. Here is a black and white clip art version of the illustration. Click on images to enlarge. The image is from The Teachers’ and Pupils” Cyclopaedia, 1905.
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Hedgehog Article and Clip Art
This vintage encyclopedia article features a description for the HEDGEHOG and includes an illustration of the hedgehog. The hedgehog has spines instead of hair, has small black eyes and short legs and is about ten inches long. It defends itself against its enemies by rolling into a ball. Here is a black and white clip…
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…
Head Skull Clip Art
This vintage encyclopedia article features a description for the HEAD and includes an illustration of a human skull. The skull is numbered to show the location of the following: 1. frontal bone; 2. parietal; 3. temporal; 4. sphenoid; 5. ethmoid; 6. superior maxillary; 7. malar; 8. lachrymal; 9. nasal; and 10. inferior maxillary. Here is…
Little Red Fox Clip Art
Here is a vintage illustration of an adorable little red fox. And a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge. I scanned the original from The Teachers’ and Pupils” Cyclopaedia, 1905.
Vintage Bathroom Clip Art
Here is an illustration of a vintage bathroom. The amenities include: a toilet, a sink and a clawfoot tub. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge. I scanned the original image from the 1916 Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalogue.
Apple Description and Clip Art
Here are two pages from an antique encyclopedia that include the description for Apple, a popular fall fruit. I thought the aged pages might be useful for junk journals or scrapbooking. Here is a black and white clip art version of the branch of apples illustration from the first page. Click on images to enlarge….
Poppy Flower and Capsule
Here is a pretty illustration of a poppy. The image includes both the flower and capsule of the poppy. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge. I scanned the original from The Teachers’ and Pupils” Cyclopaedia, 1905.
Vintage Pig Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art image of a portly pig. The breed is: Large English White Sow. Click on image to enlarge. The illustration is from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906.
Harvest Display of Wheat, Fruit and Vegetables
This wonderful vintage fall display features a sheaf of wheat standing tall and centered between groupings of harvested fruits and vegetables. The display of wheat, fruit, and vegetables is nestled in a valley between small hills while a large barn, or perhaps a manufacturing plant, is in the distant background. Here is a black and white…
Lady Reading Book Silhouette
This vintage silhouette clip art illustration features a lady lying on a carpet reading a book. Click on image to enlarge. The illustration is from a special midwinter 1920 issue of The Delineator magazine.
Early Rose Globe Radish
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of an Early Rose Globe Radish. I scanned the original image from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Here is a cleaner black and white version of the radish. Click on images to enlarge
