his vintage postcard features an illustration of two small children, a boy and a girl, both still in their white nighties, on Christmas morning. The girl has received the gift of a new doll in a red dress that she is cradling in her arms while she watches her brother take a toy pocket watch…
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Victorian Children New Year Postcard
Here is a cute vintage New Year postcard, illustrated by Ellen Clapsaddle. A Victorian boy and girl are each seated on a chair beside a table that has been set for tea. The boy is dressed in a golden-brown colored knickers suit and holding a red hat on his lap. He is shyly looking downward. The…
Victorian Boy Plum Pudding Postcard
This vintage Christmas postcard by Ellen Clapsaddle features an adorable Victorian boy with curly blonde hair, dressed in red, white, and blue. The boy is standing on a wooden chair at the table, making him tall enough to place a sprig of holly and berries into the centre of the baked Christmas pudding that is…
Clapsaddle Christmas Children
This vintage Christmas postcard by Ellen Clapsaddle features three adorable Victorian children happily bursting through an open door from outdoors. The children have been outside gathering decorations from nature. The boy in the group is dragging in a small evergreen tree, the eldest of the two girls is carrying a large sprig of holly and…
Ellen Clapsaddle Mistletoe and Berries
This beautiful vintage Christmas postcard, illustrated by Ellen Clapsaddle, features a cluster of mistletoe and berries on a red and green background. The greeting on the card is: A Merry Christmas. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Girl Baking Plum Pudding
This adorable vintage postcard features a sweet Victorian girl doing some Christmas baking. She is wearing a red and white dress, a white scarf tied over her hair and a much-too-large blue and white gingham apron that probably belongs to her mother. The girl is using a wooden spoon to stir ingredients in a large…
Clapsaddle Kids Thanksgiving Pie
I purchased this adorable vintage Thanksgiving postcard online recently, hoping it would arrive by Thanksgiving Day celebrated in the United States last week; however, it just arrived in my mailbox today. I quickly scanned and digitally cleaned it up, hoping that some of you may still be working on Thanksgiving scrapbooking or journaling memories and…
Clapsaddle St. Patrick’s Day Postcard
This vintage St. Patrick’s Day postcard by Ellen Clapsaddle includes a lovely harp and an open scroll with the message: Let Erin Remember. Vines of shamrocks are framing the scroll and harp. The illustration is all on a green and white background. Click on image to enlarge.
Letter for Santa ~ Clapsaddle Postcard Image
This fun vintage postcard, by Ellen Clapsaddle, features a shy child, dressed in blue, passing a letter to Santa. Santa is carrying a bag full of toys. The message on the card is: Best Wishes for a happy Christmas. Click on image to enlarge.
Clapsaddle Thanksgiving Postcard ~ Free Image
Happy Thanksgiving Day to all of my fellow Canadians and Happy Columbus Day to my neighbors south of the border! This adorable vintage Thanksgiving postcard, by Ellen Clapsaddle, features a young girl offering a cob of corn to a large turkey. The message on the card is: Good Wishes for Thanksgiving Day. Click on image…
Phone Call with Santa ~ Clapsaddle Postcard Image
This fun vintage postcard, by Ellen Clapsaddle, features a jolly Santa, with his bag of toys strapped to his back, talking on the phone with a young girl. A message on a design between the phones is: “Thine own wish wish I thee”. Another message in the upper left corner of the postcard is: A merry…
Clapsaddle Christmas Postcard ~ Free Vintage Image
This vintage Christmas postcard by Ellen Clapsaddle features two adorable children outdoors; they are dressed warm for the winter weather. The girl is carrying a bundle of mistletoe and the boy is carrying a wreath of holly and berries. A message at the top of the card is: A Merry Christmas and another message at…
