This vintage image features five large goldfish in an aquarium. A fly is sitting on the outside left of the glass. The image is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
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Bowker Fertilizer Ad Potatoes Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for Bowker Fertilizer Co. The ad claims their product, Stockbridge Manures, wins over all other fertilizers, producing a yield larger than any other grown upon fertilizer or manure, either alone or combined. The ad includes an image of potatoes spilling out from a basket that has been turned on…
Vintage Dragonfly ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage dragonfly image. It’s from the book Natural History by Worthington Hooker, M.D., 1864. Click on image to enlarge.
Baboon Holding Open Book ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a unique image of a baboon holding open a book to display two of the pages within. The image is from an advertisement for Wood’s Natural History book that appeared in the April 1894 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a version of the image with the book having blank pages. Click…
Flowering Strawberry Plant ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a beautiful flowering strawberry plant, showing numerous short stamens. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
Beautiful Butterfly ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This beautiful image of a Large Cabbage Butterfly is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
Straw Bee Hives ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage image features straw beehives. The beehive on the left is closed and one on the right is open. The illustration is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Clip Art Image ~ Queen Bee, Working Bee, and Drone Bee
This vintage clip art image includes a drone (male) bee (top center), a queen (female) bee (lower left) and a working bee (lower right). I scanned the illustration from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
Cluster of Grapes ~ Free Vintage Clip Art Image
Here is a vintage image of a beautifully lush cluster of grapes with their leaves attached. The fully ripe grapes are hanging by a vine from a branch. This image is from the May 1880 issue of the American Agriculturist magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Gardening Clip Art ~ Watering Pail
Here is a black and white clip art image of an old fashioned watering pail. The illustration is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume I, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
Elegant Victorian Jug ~ Free Clip Art
This elegant floral etched jug, with a gracefully curved handle, is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on image to enlarge.
Early Flowering Chrysanthemum ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a lovely cluster of early-flowering chrysanthemums. I scanned the image from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Click on image to enlarge.
