Here is a vintage cookbook page that includes an illustration of maple syrup cake and recipes for Maple Syrup Cake, Cocoanut Cake and Lemon Nut Cake. The page is from Igleheart’s Cake Secrets, 1922. And a cleaner version of the maple syrup cake image. Click on images to enlarge.
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Vintage Easter Bride Magazine Page and Clip Art ~ Free Graphics
This old magazine page offers suggestions for patterns, fabrics and pairings of skirts and overblouses to be used to create beautiful bridal wear for Easter brides in 1914. The page also includes a few small sketches of skirts and blouses and a large, gorgeous illustration of three vintage brides. Here is a black and white…
Old Fashioned Chocolate Sweets ~ Free Digital Recipes
By request, here are some recipes from Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes and Home Made Candy Recipes by Miss Parloa and Janet McKenzie Hill, a recipe booklet that was published in 1911. Some of the recipes on these pages include: chocolate caramel walnuts, chocolate peanut clusters, chocolate oysterettes, fudge hearts or rounds, marshmallow fudge, chocolate divinity, fondant, chocolate peppermints, chocolate…
Antique Form of Family Record ~ Free Digital Graphics
Here is a beautifully ornate antique form of family record. The page includes a section to register family names, births and deaths and another section to register marriages including the names of bride and groom, by whom solemnized and names of witnesses. Here is a blank version of the aged page. And a black and…
Methods of Folding Serviettes
These four vintage pages include a wonderful variety of methods for folding serviettes. The pages are from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, 1907.Fleur de Lis Varieties The Fan The Palm, The Lily, and the Cactus The Slipper Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Herrick’s Almanac 1906, December
Here is the December page from Herrick’s Almanac for 1906. The November page from the almanac is free to download from my blog here. The advertising on this page is for Renne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Chalk and Pencil Drawing ~ Free Graphic
Here is a beautiful page of white ornamental penmanship flourishes and swirls, including elegant drawings of birds and a swan, on a black background. This title on the page is: Chalk and Pencil Drawing. Here is a version with the wording removed. The page is from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill,…
Free Vintage Book Page Graphics and Clip Art ~ Engravers Inscriptions
These vintage book pages cover information on the subject of wording and punctuation of inscriptions for engraving. The article includes an image of a man seated at a table, doing some engraving work. Also included are examples of beautiful engravings appropriate for marking rings, spoons, pins, watches, etc. Here are three black and white clip art…
Free Vintage Image ~ Herrick’s Almanac 1906, November
Here is the November page from Herrick’s Almanac for 1906. The October page from the almanac is free to download from my blog HERE. The advertising on this page is for Renne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil. Click on image to enlarge.
Christmas Plum Pudding ~ Vintage Recipe and Clip Art
This grungy, aged and yellowed vintage cookbook page includes an old fashioned recipe for Christmas Plum Pudding. I scanned the page from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image of plum pudding from the page. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Aged Cookbook Page Thanksgiving Cake
This aged cookbook page includes a recipe for Thanksgiving Cake. It’s from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, 1907. Click on image to enlarge.
Leaves and Blossoms Clip Art
This aged lesson page is from the antique school reader, Our Little Book for Little Folks, published in 1896. The lesson is about cherry and apple blossoms, and cherry, apple and oak leaves. The page includes wonderful illustrations of each blossom and leaf plus an acorn at the top of the page. Here is a black…
