This page, titled SEA-SIDE AMUSEMENTS, is filled with a wonderful variety of seashells. I scanned the original from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume II, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge. The following is a list of the figures:1. Turitella Terebellata (Lamarck)2. Turitella Sanguinea (Reeve)3. Turitella Goniostoma4. Turbo Argyrostomus (Linnaeus)5. Turitella Angulata (sowerby)6. Turitella Replicata (Linnaeus)7. Pholos Dactylus…
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Vintage Wedding Magazine Ad and Clip Art ~ Free Digital Images
Here is shabby and aged vintage advertisement for a pamphlet on weddings and wedding anniversaries that was published by The Butterick Publishing Co. The ad also promotes a small bridal plate. ere is a black and white clip art version of the lovely image from the advertisement. It includes a cluster of: wedding bell, swirled ribbon and flowers….
Chili Pepper and Bell Pepper ~ Free Vintage Clip Art Images
Here are two wonderful illustrations of peppers: a chili pepper and a bell pepper. In the old book I scanned the images from, the peppers are also referred to as: fruit of long and round capsicums. The images are from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa…
Vintage Magazine Wrench Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a Combination Service Wrench. It’s from the September 6, 1917 issue of Hardware Age. And a black and white clip art version of the wrench. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Fish Images ~ Salmon and Carp
Here are two black and white clip art images of fish. The fish in the top image is a salmon; the fish in the lower image is a carp. These vintage images are from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume I, circa 1869. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Dress Form Clip Art
This vintage advertisement for Hall – Borchert Adjustable Forms is from the April 1914 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the dress form. Click on images to enlarge.
Climbing Beans and Pole Beans
This vintage catalogue page includes descriptions and prices for several varieties of climbing and pole beans. There are three images on the page. They include: a woman with a wicker basket in a bean garden, a pole filled with ripe Early Golden Cluster Wax beans and an open bean pod that is full of ripe…
Charles Twelvetrees Vintage Image ~ Make Puppies Grow
In this fun vintage image by Charles Twelvetrees, a young boy is using a watering pail to pour water over his puppy. The caption below the image is, “This Makes Flowers Grow -So Of Course It Will Make Puppies Grow” The image is part of a collection of Twelvetrees’ illustrations titled, “One of His Quiet Hours” from the October 1917 issue…
Seroco Camera ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This aged and yellowed advertisement for a Seroco folding camera is from the Sears, Roebuck & Co. 1907 catalogue. Here is a black and white clipart version of the camera from the ad. Click on images to enlarge.
Victorian Men’s Neckties ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a black and white clip art collection of Victorian men’s neckwear. I scanned the original images from the Koch & Co. Spring and Summer 1898 Fashion Catalogue. Details for each item in this collection are as follows (left to right, top to bottom): 1. Men’s Teck Scarf, neat fancy effects, also black silk and satin, 25c, 49c and…
Floral Vase Engraving ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This beautiful floral vase engraving is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on image to enlarge.
Two Story Victorian Cottage ~ Free Clip Art Image
Here is a clip art image of a small, quaint, two-story Victorian cottage. A woman is on the front walk with open arms to greet a child walking toward her. The final sentence of the chapter this image is from states, “At present prices, this house can be built here, all complete, for six hundred…
