Here is a vintage botanical illustration of a branch with soft-green leaves and beautiful burgundy and black fruit berries on it. I scanned the original image from Wild Fruits of the Country Side by F. Edward Hulme, 1907. Click on image to enlarge.
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Vintage Printable Menus Free Clip Art
Here are three aged and worn vintage book pages of printable menus. Included on the pages are meal plans for: a family breakfast, a breakfast party, a family dinner, dinner parties, two suppers and a week of economical dinners. The first page includes an illustration of a platter of fruit. Here is a black and…
Free Vintage Clip Art Pear Blossom
Here is a beautiful vintage illustration of a wild pear blossom. The scientific name for the wild pear is Pyrus Communis. Here is a black and white clip art version of the illustration. I scanned the original image from Flowers of the Field by Rev. C. A. Johns. The book was published in 1890. Click…
Free Printable Vintage Trading Card Cherries
Here is a vintage trading card for Moulton & Bradley Clothiers who were located at 484 and 486 Washington Street in Boston, Mass. The card features a beautiful illustration of a soft woven basket tipped on its side. The basket is full of ripe red cherries that are spilling out onto the tabletop. Click on image…
Free Vintage Printable Wild Strawberry
Here is a vintage botanical illustration of a wild strawberry. I love illustrations of strawberries and I believe it’s because they bring back wonderful memories from my early years. Wild strawberries grew abundantly in the forest surrounding the farm where I lived for the first chapter of my life. My sisters and I would often…
Rustic Pottery and Cherries
Here is a lovely vintage New Year postcard by Catherine Klein. Clusters of cherries and a few single cherries are placed alongside a rustic pottery vase on a tabletop. The greeting on the card is: A Happy New Year. For additional creative options, here is a version of the card with the wording removed. Click…
Cherry Fruit and Leaf
This vintage illustration features two cherries growing from a branch and a sketch of a cherry tree leaf in the background. Here is a black and white clip art version of the illustration. Click on images to enlarge. The image is from The Teachers’ and Pupils” Cyclopaedia, 1905.
Preserve Jar Labels Open Booklet
Yesterday on my blog I shared the front cover of this well-worn vintage Preserve Jar Labels booklet. Today I’m sharing the open booklet. Some of the first pages that were in the booklet have been torn out and the partially-torn pages that remain are glued together from the adhesive that appears to have been dampened in…
Apple Description and Clip Art
Here are two pages from an antique encyclopedia that include the description for Apple, a popular fall fruit. I thought the aged pages might be useful for junk journals or scrapbooking. Here is a black and white clip art version of the branch of apples illustration from the first page. Click on images to enlarge….
Harvest Display of Wheat, Fruit and Vegetables
This wonderful vintage fall display features a sheaf of wheat standing tall and centered between groupings of harvested fruits and vegetables. The display of wheat, fruit, and vegetables is nestled in a valley between small hills while a large barn, or perhaps a manufacturing plant, is in the distant background. Here is a black and white…
Catherine Klein Apples and Vase Display
This beautiful vintage postcard, by Catherine Klein, features a tabletop display of a grouping of apples and a vase intertwined with greenery. An empty walnut shell sits on the table in front of the vase. Click on image to enlarge.
Fruiting Branch of Mandarin Orange
This wonderful vintage illustration of a fruiting branch of mandarin orange includes two ripe oranges and several leaves on a branch. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge.
