“Bertha said that she would keep shop, and Mary should come and buy of her. So she put her little scales upon a chair, and a basket of vegetables and apples by her side, and made a very good shopkeeper. Little Mary put on nurse’s bonnet, which was nearly as big as herself, and came…
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Girls Washing Doll Clothes ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This adorable vintage engraving, by Oscar Pletsch, features two little girls washing doll clothes in a big old wooden tub. The illustration is from Little Folks and Little Friends by Oscar Pletsch, circa 1880. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Doll Storybook Illustration
This vintage storybook illustration, titled Poor Dolly’s Tired, features a young girl tucking her tired dolly in to bed. The doll has a nice wicker cradle and a soft beige blanket. The image is from a storybook titled The Sunbeams and Me, by Helen Marion Burnside & Nesbit, Mary Dickens, M. A. Hoyer, and others, illustrated by Helen…
Little Penelope’s Sewing ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a sweet vintage poem titled Little Penelope’s Sewing by Anna M. Pratt. An illustration of a young girl sewing a crazy quilt for her doll accompanies the poem. My original scan is from the May 1885 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image from the…
The Little Cooks ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This adorable vintage engraving, by Oscar Pletsch, features two little girls preparing dinner with their toy dishes, small table and play stove. Here is an excerpt of the story from the book: “…the little girls began to cook their dinner. It was great fun, Mary thought; indeed, she liked it almost better than playing with…
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…
Free Printable Catalogue Pages ~ Unbreakable Character Dolls
Here are two full-size printable vintage catalogue pages that include a fun variety of unbreakable character dolls with names such as: Violet of the Violet Eyes, Lovable Baby Grumpy, Robbie Reefer and Baby Rose. The second page (with Santa in the background) includes an adorable Charly Chaplin doll! These pages are from the 1916 Sears Roebuck…
Santa At Window with Bag of Toys ~ Free Vintage Postcard Graphic
Here is a fun vintage Christmas postcard! Santa has arrived and is about to come into the house through a window that is decorated with branches of holly and berries. Santa is carrying a bag of toys that is too full to keep a doll and toy horse hidden. Two of Santa’s reindeer are visible,…
Frances Brundage Girl in Pink Dress with Doll
This delightful vintage Christmas postcard by Frances Brundage features an adorable girl in a pink dress and white pinafore cuddling and admiring her cute dolly who is dressed in blue. The girl is seated and a prettily wrapped Christmas gift is placed on the floor by her feet. The greeting on the card is: A Merry…
Retro Girl and Doll Christmas Card
This retro Christmas greeting card, from the early 1950s, includes an adorable image of a cute little girl and her sweet dolly sharing a cuddle. The girl is sitting on a short red stool in front of a Christmas tree. The message on the front of the card is: Merry Christmas to you. Here is…
Vintage Baby Clip Art ~ A Little Journey
This baby girl is about to go on a little journey. She is dressed, packed and waiting. Her doll is cuddled under her left arm, she’s holding an umbrella in her right hand and a large tagged suitcase is by her side. The illustration is from the book Our Dear Baby published by Richard G. Krueger in 1916. Click on…
Free Vintage Image ~ Bright and Joyful Christmas Card
The image on this early one-sided Christmas card is of a sweet little girl cradling her baby doll. She is sitting on a bough of holly and the message is: To wish you a Bright and Joyful Christmas. Click on image to enlarge.
