This cute vintage valentine features a happy clown with his head torn through a paper heart. He is holding onto the sides of the heart with his hands. The message on the card is: Don’t Break My Heart! Be My Valentine. The illustration is from a valentine book that was published in the 1940s; it was…
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Vintage Circus Horse Clip Art
Here is a vintage circus horse performing a trick of standing on its back two legs. The horse’s circus costume consists of a small tasseled blanket on its back, a fancy bridle and a feather plume. This is the eighth, and final, vintage circus image from the November 1891 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to…
Circus Ringmaster Vintage Clip Art
Here is a black and white clip art image of a Victorian circus ringmaster. He looks dapper with his trimmed beard and handlebar mustache; dressed in coattails, top hat, tall boots, and gloves. This is the seventh in a series of eight vintage circus images that I’ll be posting from the November 1891 issue of The…
Circus Performer Clip Art
Here is an illustration of a vintage circus performer riding on the back of his horse in a standing position. This is the sixth in a series of eight vintage circus images that I’ll be posting from the November 1891 issue of The Delineator magazine. For additional creative options, I thought some of you may like to have…
Circus Acrobat Vintage Clip Art
Here is a sketch of a vintage circus acrobat doing a one-handed handstand on the upper back edge of a chair. This is the fifth in a series of eight vintage circus images that I’ll be posting from the November 1891 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Circus Horse Clip Art
Here is a sketch of a vintage circus horse. His mane is trimmed and there is a pretty flower fastened to the bridle at the base of his ear. This is the fourth in a series of eight vintage circus images that I’ll be posting from the November 1891 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Circus Horse and Rider
Here is a black and white clip art image of a vintage circus trick rider who is seated, at the moment of this sketch, at the edge of one side of the horse’s back that he’s riding. It seems the rider would fall off the horse from this position but he looks calm as he turns back…
Circus Clown Vintage Clip Art
Here is a black and white clip art image of a vintage circus clown. He’s wearing an old fashioned baggy clown suit with a large ruffled collar and ruffles at the hem of each pant leg. With a painted on smile and perky eyebrows, he’s a happy looking clown. It looks like he’s doing a little dance. …
Victorian Circus Performer ~ Clip Art Image
Here is a black and white clip art image of a Victorian circus performer dressed in a tasseled black skirt with white polka dots, a white shirt with polka dots, polka dot tights to match and a pointed hat. It appears this circus performer is in the midst of leading a trained animal in a…
Children in Halloween Costumes
Here are three happy children, dressed and ready for Halloween. The two boys in the image are wearing clown suits and the girl in the center is wearing a masquerade dress. The image is from the October 1917 issue of Pictorial Review. Click on image to enlarge.
Jumpy Clown Vintage Valentine
I wish “this” was my job and I had the option of staying indoors but it isn’t and I don’t. Our exceptionally mild Canadian winter has abruptly come to an end and when I leave for work tomorrow morning, the weatherman is predicting extreme wind chill of -44C (-47.2F) in the morning with a “high” of – 27C (-16.6F) later in the…
Circus Dogs Victorian Clip Art
Here is a cute little piece of vintage ephemera for you to download. Click on the image to enlarge.
