In this vintage image, a woman is watching an angel in the sky. As the angel is lifting heavenward, she turns to wave goodbye to the woman she is leaving. The image is from a book titled Nearer my God to Thee, published in 1878. Here is the aged book page. And a black and white…
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Carefree Girl Skipping Along Path
I just love this delightful image of a carefree girl happily skipping along a path through the woods. It was drawn by C. M. Relyea, engraved by Frank French and is from the April 1899 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Bride Clip Art
This beautiful vintage bridal image is from the March 3, 1895 issue of the French fashion magazine Le Petit Echo de la Mode. Here is my original aged and shabby scan. Plus a cleaned up black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge.
Moon Face Fancy Calendar
This quirky Fancy Calendar is a bespectacled moon face made from pumpkin, pumpkin seeds, corn husks and ribbon. The day of the week and the month of the year are in the lenses of the eyeglasses and the numerical day of the month is in an opening below the mouth. This vintage image is from…
Mushrooms Page and Clip Art
This page includes four types of mushrooms. It’s from The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Here are black and white clip art versions of each variety of mushroom from the page.Agaricus Muscarius (Fly Agaric) Agaricus Procerus (Parasol Mushroom) Agaricus Gambosus (St. George’s…
Vintage Cow Clip Art
Here is a vintage black and white clipart illustration of a cow. It’s a Cross-Bred Jersey-Ayrshire and is from the September 1878 issue of the American Agriculturist magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Langshan Rooster and Hen
I love vintage roosters and chickens! They bring back fond memories of farm living, where I spent the first seven years of my life. As a young child, I didn’t have the responsibilities or heavy workload of a farmer so I only have delightful and magical memories of the farm. This pair of Langshan fowl is from the November 1879…
Free Vintage Clip Art Dog
This cute dog sketch is from the Home Picture Book, circa 1887. Click on image to enlarge.
Common Mushroom Vintage Illustration
Here is a great illustration of the common mushroom from an 1878 agricultural magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
