I just love this image of a Victorian lady and her pet bird in an open window that is framed with vines. I imagine the young lady and her bird to be enjoying the fresh air and warmth of a sunny summer day. The image is from the July 1915 issue of The Delineator magazine….
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Vintage House and Floor Plans Clip Art
I want this house! I love its old-fashioned charm; the large front yard is wonderful and the picket fence is classic. I’ll convert one of the bedrooms on the second floor, overlooking the street, to my home office and the room designated as servant’s quarters will be a storage room. We’ll decorate with antiques, some…
Fancy Ladies Fan Clip Art
Here is a beautiful and romantic ladies’ vintage fan. It’s from the February 1896 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Stove Magazine Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a wood-burning Home Comfort stove. Although not likely the same brand, my mom had a working stove like this and one of my sisters has one. Mom’s was, and my sister’s is, a back-up stove and I view them as nostalgic treasures. Not only do they throw a…
Vintage Baby Items Clip Art
This vintage advertisement includes illustrations of free gifts you could have earned with an annual subscription to Babyhood magazine in the winter of 1897. The ad appeared in the December 1897 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal. I scanned the image larger than it appears in the magazine plus created each of the items in black and white…
Birds on Branch Clipart
Here is a vintage sketch of a group of three adorable birds perched on a flowering branch. The image is from Pearls from Whittier, circa 1890. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage French Fashion
This elegant vintage French fashion image is titled Robe Prime. It’s from the June 28, 1896 issue of La Nouvelle Mode. Click on image to enlarge.
Elephant Mouse and Fairy
The adorable illustrations of an elephant, a mouse and a fairy that I’ve used to create this digital collage sheet are from the story, An Island Fable, from the December 1898 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Here is a version with the wording removed. The full three-page story is available as a free download on my blog, here.
Free Vintage Image ~ Elgin Watch Magazine Ad
This vintage advertisement for a lovely Elgin watch appeared in the December 1897 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal magazine. Here is a black and white clipart version of the watch alone. Click on image to enlarge.
Hill Egg and Cream Beater Magazine Ad
This vintage advertisement for a Hill Egg and Cream Beater, by The Holbrook Mfg. Co., is from the Aug-Sept 1908 issue of The Boston Cooking-School Magazine. I thought this would work well for your Christmas cooking and baking projects! If you prefer, here is the egg and cream beater alone, in a black and white clipart version. Click on images…
Girls in Fancy Bonnets
Here are two vintage head-and-shoulders illustrations of young girls modelling the newest artistic fancywork bonnets for summer 1908. In the July issue of The Housekeeper magazine, the bonnet on the top is referred to as an infant’s bonnet and the bonnet on the bottom is referred to a child’s melon bonnet. Click on images to enlarge.
Baking Equipment Clip Art
This vintage clipart features some baking equipment: a mixing bowl, flour sifter and stirring spoon. Also included are two eggs and a stick of butter. This image is from the book, Any one can Bake, 1929, published by the Royal Baking Powder Co. The copyright was not renewed and this book has lapsed into the public domain. Click…
