A Year with DollyBy Eudora S. Bumstead Doctor Mama knows what to doWhen girls and dollies are troubled;With needle and thread and a bottle of glueMy Dolly’s strength she has doubled.But she never can make her new and bright;I’m almost ashamed to show her. –If Santa Claus could see her to-nightI don’t suppose he would…
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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…
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…
A Cup of Tea Vintage Clip Art
A Cup of Tea, by E. L. Sylvester, is a sweet vintage poem about five girls serving tea. The girls are named: Phoebe, Dolly, Rhoda, Polly, and the youngest is simply referred to as Baby. Phoebe is bringing the teapot filled with tea, Dolly is carrying a pitcher of cream, Rhoda has the cups, Polly…
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…
Victorian Girl Removing Calendar Pages
In an attempt to be helpful to her mother, this young Victorian girl is removing all the pages from a calendar on the wall. The calendar was placed too high for the girl to reach from the floor but she has moved a chair over to the wall which makes her just tall enough to…
Horsfords Acid Phosphate Trading Card
This Victorian trading card features an adorable head and shoulders illustration of a young girl with curly hair. The girl is wearing a pink dress with a white ruffled collar and a matching pink hat. The advertising on the card is for Horsford’s Acid Phosphate – a medication for mental and physical exhaustion, dyspepsia, etc….
A Victorian Girl and Her Doll
Here are clip art illustrations of a Victorian girl and her doll. The images are from Our Little Book for Little Folks, an antique school reader that was published in 1896. A boy, a baseball bat and ball from the same school reader are available on my blog here. Click on images to enlarge.
A Morning Walk
This lovely Victorian card features an illustration of mother and daughter out for a morning walk on a late summer or early fall day. Click on image to enlarge.
How Polite by Oscar Pletsch
This vintage engraving, by Oscar Pletsch, is titled: How Polite. The illustration features a Victorian boy bending to present a young girl a cookie from a plate of cookies he is holding with both hands. The little girl is holding a basket of flowers in one hand and is shyly about to reach out for…
LITTLE PHILLIS by Kate Greenaway
This vintage storybook page features an illustrated poem, by Kate Greenaway, about little girl named Phillis. Little Phillis is walking along a garden path, hand in hand with an older sister or her young mother. LITTLE PHILLIS I AM a very little girl,I think that I’ve turned two;And if you’d like to know my nameI’d like…
Within Reach
This adorable vintage clip art illustration features a young Victorian girl reaching for a treat from a table that is set for a tea party or lunch. I think the little girl is planning to share with her cat because she has placed one of the small plates on the floor beside him. The cat…
