Here is a sweet poem about a boy who loves his cow. The page is from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1916. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image from the page. Click on images to enlarge.
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Free Vintage Clip Art School Book Pages
Here are a few aged and shabby book pages from a vintage school reader. The lessons are about a boy who has a bat, a ball, and a dog and a girl who has a doll and a cat. The lessons include printing and handwriting text and and illustrations of the boy, the bat, the…
Victorian Boy Summer Fashion 1900 ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a page of summer clothing styles for Victorian boys for the year 1900. Very manly is this small laddie. He is stylishly clad in a Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers which bulge in true golfer fashion at the knees. A simple, easily constructed and absolutely comfortable outfit for a small boy is that shown below….
Train Travel ~ Vintage Magazine Advertisement
This vintage magazine advertisement for Rock Island-Frisco Lines claims you can travel to Switzerland in a night. Well, not really, “but you can leave Chicago or St. Louis today and be in the Colorado Rockies tomorrow long before dinner. You can take the Rock Island to the Rockies, the only line with direct service to…
Victorian Advertising Card Lautz Soaps ~ Free Graphics
The front of this Victorian advertising card for Lautz Soaps features a boy about to ride his bicycle. The handlebars of the bike sit almost as high as the boy is tall. The writing on the bottom of the front of the card is: Use Lautz Bros. & Co’s Soaps, Best in the Market. I love…
Mother and Baby ~ Free Vintage Storybook Image
Here is a vintage children’s storybook image of a mother holding her precious little baby on her lap. In the story, this baby’s name is Little Bo-Peep. The mother’s name is Jill; she is the wife of Jack. The image is from Tom Tucker and Little Bo Peep, by Thomas Hood, illustrated by Alice Wheaton Adams, published in 1891. Click on image…
Victorian Girl and Boy Summer Fashion
Here is a Victorian girl and a Victorian boy at the beach. The children are dressed in outfits “particularly well adapted for seashore wear” for the summer of 1900. The images are from the July 1900 issue of The Designer magazine. Click on images to enlarge.
Street Show by Kate Greenaway
STREET SHOW. PUFF, puff, puff. How the trumpets blow. All you little boys and girls come and see the show. One – two – three, the Cat runs up the tree; But the little Bird he flies away – “She hasn’t got me!” This vintage storybook image and poem, Street Show (spelling and grammar as it…
Little Folks March 1920 Front Cover
This front cover of the March 1920 issue of Little Folks magazine features a vintage illustration of sleeping beauty. She looks cozy as she sleeps on a fluffy white pillow and ruffled white linens. She is covered with a purple blanket and pretty pink flowers have grown around her bed. A little prince has fallen asleep sitting at her bedside. Click…
Victorian Beach Scene Card ~ Free Vintage Image
This Victorian card features a fun scene at the beach. In the foreground, a boy and girl are building a large sand castle with the help of wooden paddle shovels. In the distance, other children are playing and a man and woman are standing together on the shore. There are no bathing suits to be…
Victorian Boy Pushing Wheelbarrow ~ Vintage Garden Printable
Here is a vintage clip art image of a Victorian boy pushing a wheelbarrow along a path. The image is from the May 1885 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Robin and Boy Vintage School Reader Page ~ Free Digital Image
This shabby page, from a vintage school reader, includes an image of a boy talking to a robin in a tree. The boy wants the robin to play with him. Mr. Robin cannot play because he has three baby robins in the nest to help take care of. I scanned the page from Child Life, A…
