The following two vintage catalog pages feature advertising for piano rolls. Piano rolls were made of paper with perforations of various sizes punched throughout. A special type of player piano was used to play the music from the perforated paper rolls. The first page begins by stating, “Supertone Rolls are mechanically perfect and musically correct….
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Color Wheel Vintage French School Lesson
This vintage French book page features a children’s color wheel school lesson. The following illustration of a color wheel is from the page following the written portion of the lesson. Colors included on this wheel, with their corresponding French names, are: purple, yellow, blue, brown, red and green. I scanned the color wheel lesson and…
Antique Ledger Shabby Aged Book Pages
One of the items I purchased from our large, local annual antique show and sale two weeks ago was an antique ledger. Today I’m sharing four scanned pages from the ledger with you. The ledger belonged to a man named Augustus Terry Clarke. Because of references in the ledger to locations such as London, England,…
Vintage Locomotive Book Pages
The three vintage locomotive book pages below feature a partial but detailed description of locomotives (powered rail vehicles for pulling trains) in the early 1900s. An illustration is included on each of the pages. The first page includes an illustration of a large locomotive with a man, small in comparison, standing beside it. Below the…
Vintage Arithmetic Book Pages
The seven vintage arithmetic book pages I’m sharing with you today are from a wonderful antique arithmetic book that was gifted to me by Renee of GTDesigns on Etsy. The arithmetic book is one of two antique books Renee sent to me. The book pages I scanned are from the book titled The New Business…
Ladies Theatre Waist January 1900 Fashion
This title page, from the January 1900 issue of The Delineator magazine features the title and date of the magazine and an illustration of a Victorian lady modelling a Ladies’ Theatre Waist and skirt. She is also wearing a velvet hat decorated with plumes and roses. The lady is standing between two torches that are…
Dolly Dingle and Sammy Vintage Paper Dolls
A popular series of Dolly Dingle paper dolls, by Grace Drayton, was a regular feature in the Pictorial Review magazine in the early 1900s. This page, from the January 1922 issue of the Pictorial Review magazine is titled Dolly Dingle and Sammy Go Skating. Included on the page are the Dolly Dingle and Sammy paper…
Sparrows Christmas Tree Vintage Story
The following vintage school book pages tell an interesting story of The Sparrows Christmas Tree. The lesson tells of worms eating the leaves of shade trees in several parks in the great city of New York. Sparrows were brought from overseas to control the worms. Bessie was a young girl who lived with her family…
Autumn Leaf Design Vintage Image
The following vintage book pages feature a beautiful embroidered autumn leaf design. The first of the pages describes the design as applied to an appliqued piano scarf. The second page illustrates the autumn leaf design created in a Mosaic embroidery or plush applique work on a piano scarf. Here is a black and white clip…
Vintage Tart and Tartlet Recipes
These cookbook pages, naturally yellowed with age, feature a variety of vintage tart and tartlet recipes. Included on the pages are old-fashioned sweet recipes for: Almond Cheesecakes, Apple Cheesecakes, Apple Tarts, Bakewell Tarts, Cherry Tartlets, Chocolate Tartlets, Coffee Eclairs, Custard Tartlets, Damson Tarts and Flan of Apples. More of the recipes included on the pages…
Vintage Ladies Fashion Clip Art
These aged and worn vintage ladies fashion magazine pages each include a lovely illustration of a Victorian lady and descriptions of fashions included in the magazine. The featured images included on the pages are outlined at the top and also on one side with a beautiful ornamental frame. The Victorian lady in the first illustration…
Vintage Raggedy Ann Storybook Pages
Here are five shabby and aged vintage Raggedy Ann storybook pages. The first two pages describe the happy time Marcella found an old rag doll in her Grandma’s attic. The rag doll was hidden away amongst a heap of things in an old leather bag that was stored in a barrel in a dark corner…
