This vintage ladies’ magazine page includes an illustration of a Victorian lady modelling a Ladies’ Toilette – consisting of a Coat Polonaise and Skirt. The description below the illustration continues, “The Skirt has a Deeply Shirred Front and Sides and a Full Straight Back and is Desirable to be worn with Coat-Polonaises and Basques.” …
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Vintage Floral Design Endpaper
Here is a worn vintage book endpaper with a design of flowers and leaves. I scanned the original page from an antique book titled Our Homes and Their Adornments by Almon C. Varney. The book was published in 1882. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Skeleton Clip Art
These two vintage book pages include the full definition for the word “Skeleton”. An illustration of a human skeleton and a list of the names of the bones of man is included on the second page. Here is a black and white clip art version of the skeleton. I scanned the original pages from The…
Vintage Printable Menus Free Clip Art
Here are three aged and worn vintage book pages of printable menus. Included on the pages are meal plans for: a family breakfast, a breakfast party, a family dinner, dinner parties, two suppers and a week of economical dinners. The first page includes an illustration of a platter of fruit. Here is a black and…
Raggedy Ann Gets a Haircut
This vintage storybook page features a cute illustration of Raggedy Ann getting a haircut. I scanned the original page from Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle. The book was published in 1918. Click on image to enlarge.
Various Leaves Free Vintage Clip Art
The title of this book plate is Various Leaves. The names of the numbered leaves are as follows: 1. Leaf of the winter Oak (Quercus sessiliflora);2. Spray of the bitter Oak (Quercus cerris);3. Leaf of the Maple (Acer campestre);4. Spray of the sugar Maple (Acer plantanoides);5. Leaf of a species of Ranunculus;6. Leaf of the…
Free Vintage Clip Art Poem Passion Flower
I have a second item to share with you today because I thought you may like to have the poem that corresponds to the image of the Victorian lady I shared this morning. The poem is titled The Passion Flower and it was written by Barry Cornwall. My scans are from the July 1842 issue…
Free Vintage Biscuit Recipes
This vintage cookbook page includes recipes for: individual chicken shortcakes, orange biscuits, brown or maple sugar biscuits, sandwich or picnic biscuits and scones. An illustration of each cooked or baked food is included beside each recipe on the page. I scanned the original page from Any one can Bake, 1929, published by the Royal Baking Powder Co….
Free Vintage Embroidery Stitches Clip Art
I posted the first page of a 1902 article on Victorian fashion titled “The Dressmaker” to my blog last night. This is the second and final page of the article. This page completes the section on “Simple Embroidery for Gowns” that began at the end of the first page. Included on this page are several…
Free Printable Victorian Dressmaker Clip Art
This printable page features a 1902 article on Victorian fashion titled “The Dressmaker”, subtitled “The Bouffant Effect in Coats; Embroidery for Gowns, Etc.” The article speaks of the need for coats, jackets and outer garments in general to be looser than before due to the new contoured style of low-bust, straight-front corsets and the bouffant…
Free Vintage Printable Cookbook Page Muffins Waffles
This vintage cookbook page includes recipes for cereal muffins, waffles, chocolate waffles, buckwheat cakes, royal griddle cakes and rice griddle cakes. An illustration of perfectly prepared waffles and pancakes is included at the bottom of the page. I scanned the original page from Any one can Bake, 1929, published by the Royal Baking Powder Co. (copyright was not…
Free Vintage Printable Poem Sonnet
Here is printable vintage poem titled Sonnet, written by an author named Spenser. The poem is on a page that has yellowed with age. I scanned the original page from Flowers from Dell and Bower, a book that was published in 1896. Click on image to enlarge.
