This vintage magazine advertisement for Rock Island-Frisco Lines claims you can travel to Switzerland in a night. Well, not really, “but you can leave Chicago or St. Louis today and be in the Colorado Rockies tomorrow long before dinner. You can take the Rock Island to the Rockies, the only line with direct service to…
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Mother and Children by Kate Greenaway ~ Free Victorian Storybook Illustration
Here is an adorable Victorian storybook image of a mother walking with her two children. The little girl is clutching her mom’s skirt with one hand and playing with the apron of her pinafore with the other. The mother is carrying the baby. There are flowers growing on a trellis in the background. This picture is…
From Market by Kate Greenaway
FROM MARKET OH who’ll give us Posies, And Garlands of Roses, To twine round our heads so gay? For here we come singing, And here we come bringing You many good wishes to-day. From market – from market -from market – We all come up from market. This vintage storybook image and poem, From Market (spelling and…
Victorian Fashion for Little Girls
These adorable little Victorian girls are wearing the latest Styles for Little Folks for the winter of 1891. The little girl on the left is modelling a Child’s Outdoor Toilette which consists of a Little Girls’ Coat and Cap and the little one on the right is modelling a Little Girls’ Outdoor Toilette which also consists of a…
Victorian Girl and Boy Summer Fashion
Here is a Victorian girl and a Victorian boy at the beach. The children are dressed in outfits “particularly well adapted for seashore wear” for the summer of 1900. The images are from the July 1900 issue of The Designer magazine. Click on images to enlarge.
Street Show by Kate Greenaway
STREET SHOW. PUFF, puff, puff. How the trumpets blow. All you little boys and girls come and see the show. One – two – three, the Cat runs up the tree; But the little Bird he flies away – “She hasn’t got me!” This vintage storybook image and poem, Street Show (spelling and grammar as it…
Happy Baby Girl ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art image of a happy baby girl. She is wearing a pretty dress, bonnet and shoes. She is holding her doll in one hand and a flower in the other. There is a vase of flowers, with flowers spilling out from each vase, on each side of the little girl….
Little Folks March 1920 Front Cover
This front cover of the March 1920 issue of Little Folks magazine features a vintage illustration of sleeping beauty. She looks cozy as she sleeps on a fluffy white pillow and ruffled white linens. She is covered with a purple blanket and pretty pink flowers have grown around her bed. A little prince has fallen asleep sitting at her bedside. Click…
Victorian Beach Scene Card ~ Free Vintage Image
This Victorian card features a fun scene at the beach. In the foreground, a boy and girl are building a large sand castle with the help of wooden paddle shovels. In the distance, other children are playing and a man and woman are standing together on the shore. There are no bathing suits to be…
Kate Greenaway Sleeping Girl ~ Free Vintage Image
In this adorable storybook image by Kate Greenaway, a sweet Victorian girl is fast asleep on a fluffy pink pillow in a yellow wicker chair. The chair is outdoors on a patch of grass between two rose bushes that are lush with pink roses in full bloom. The vintage storybook image is from the children’s…
Free Vintage Image ~ Victorian Girl in Rain Postcard
This lovely vintage postcard features an image of an adorable Victorian girl wearing a ruffled dress and matching bonnet. It is raining and the girl is about to open her pink ruffled umbrella. The postcard is unsigned but I believe it is the artwork of Frances Brundage. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Girls’ Coat Pattern Envelope ~ Free Digital Graphics
Here is a shabby and yellowed vintage envelope for a girls’ coat pattern. The front of the envelope includes an illustration of a girl wearing the finished coat, additional views of the coat, a description of the pattern, the amount of material required to sew the coat and a sketch of the pattern pieces. The back of the envelope…
