THE LITTLE LONDON GIRL. IN my little Green Home, quite content am I,When the hot sun pours down from the sky;For oh, I love the country – the beautiful country.Who’d live in a London street when there’s the country? I live in a London street, then I long and longTo be the whole day the…
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The Tea Party by Kate Greenaway
THE TEA PARTY.IN the pleasant green GardenWe sat down to tea;“Do you take sugar?” and“Do you take milk?”She’d got a new gown on –A smart one of silk.We all were as happyAs happy could be,On that bright Summer’s dayWhen she asked us to tea. This vintage storybook image and poem, The Tea Party, is from Marigold Garden by Kate…
Kate Greenaway To The Sun Door ~ Free Vintage Storybook Illustration
TO THE SUN DOOR. THEY saw it rise in the morning, They saw it set at night, And they longed to go and see it. Ah! if they only might. The little soft white clouds heard them, And stepped from out of the blue; And each laid a little child softly Upon its bosom of…
Kate Greenaway In An Apple Tree ~ Free Vintage Storybook Illustration
IN AN APPLE TREE. IN September, when the apples are red,To Belinda I said,“Would you like to go awayTo Heaven, or stayHere in this orchard full of treesAll your life?” And she said, “If you pleaseI’ll stay here – where I know,And the flowers grow.” This vintage storybook image and poem, In An Apple Tree,…
The Little Pets Victorian Advertising Card ~ Free Digital Image
This Victorian advertising card includes an adorable image of a young girl cuddling three kittens. A small black dog, watching from the sidelines, appears to be a little jealous. The advertising on the back of the card is for Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with the Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda. Click on images…
Victorian Girl and Boy Formal
This adorable old postcard features a Victorian boy and girl walking together on a snow-covered path. They are dressed in formal clothes, perhaps on their way to church or a Christmas party. The message on the card is: Christmas Greetings. Click on image to enlarge.
Holiday Fun Cover Oage
Here is an aged and shabby front cover of a children’s Christmas book titled Holiday Fun from McLoughlin Bros.’ Little Chatterwell Series. The image is of a girl and a boy standing on a fence. The girl is blowing a horn and the boy is blowing a trumpet. The book was published in 1900. Click on…
Christmas Girl Applying Blush
This vintage Stecher Christmas postcard features an image of an adorable girl in a red dress, seated at a table, applying blush. There is a decorated Christmas tree in the background to her right. A greeting on a curtain to the left of the girl is: I think Christmas is just lovely. Don’t you? Another…
Admiring Roses Christmas Image
This vintage Christmas postcard includes a girl in a pretty white dress and blue sash admiring bouquet of yellow roses. The roses are in a red vase and there is a branch of holly and berries on the left side of the card. The greeting on the postcard is: Merry Xmas. Click on image to…
Children and Snowman ~ Free Vintage Graphic
This fun vintage Christmas postcard graphic features three children and a snowman. A boy is putting the finishing touch on the snowman while two girls stand alongside, each holding what appears to be a doll in their arms as they look on. There is a branch of holly and berries in the upper right corner….
Free Vintage Clapsaddle Thanksgiving Postcard Graphic ~ John Alden and Priscilla
Before I put away my vintage Thanksgiving ephemera, I would like to share one more image with you. This is an adorable Ellen Clapsaddle postcard of John Alden and Priscilla (Mullins) portrayed as children. Priscilla is sitting on a stool in front of a spinning wheel, with her face shyly turned away. John is standing…
Tip-A-Toe by Kate Greenaway
TIP-A-TOE TIP-A-TOE,See them go;One, two, three –Chloe, Prue, and me;Up and down,To the Town,A Lord was there,And the Lady fair.And what did they sing?Oh, “Ring-a-ding-ding;”And the Black Crow flew offWith the Lady’s Ring. This vintage storybook image and poem, Tip-A-Toe, is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.
