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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Bowker Fertilizer Ad Potatoes Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for Bowker Fertilizer Co. The ad claims their product, Stockbridge Manures, wins over all other fertilizers, producing a yield larger than any other grown upon fertilizer or manure, either alone or combined. The ad includes an image of potatoes spilling out from a basket that has been turned on…
Columbia Bicycle Magazine Ad
Here is a fun vintage magazine advertisement for a Columbia bicycle. The ad claims the bicycle is easy to learn to ride and that an ordinary rider can go more miles in a day over common roads than a horse. Great images for your steampunk or mixed media projects! I scanned the original ad from…
Man Eating Pie Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for Atmore’s Mince Meat Genuine English Plum Pudding. The ad features a man (the father of the pie family) seated at a table, enjoying a piece of pie. I scanned the ad from the January 1896 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image from…
Bird Seed Ad and Clip Art ~ Free Vintage Graphics
This vintage catalogue advertisement includes a description and prices for Peter Henderson & Co boxed bird seed. The package of bird seed includes an illustration of a bird in a cage. I scanned this ad from the Peter Henderson & Co. Everything for the Garden Manual, 1898. Here is a black and white clip art version of…
Vintage Wedding Magazine Ad and Clip Art ~ Free Digital Images
Here is shabby and aged vintage advertisement for a pamphlet on weddings and wedding anniversaries that was published by The Butterick Publishing Co. The ad also promotes a small bridal plate. ere is a black and white clip art version of the lovely image from the advertisement. It includes a cluster of: wedding bell, swirled ribbon and flowers….
Vintage Garden Seeds Magazine Advertising
This old page, shabby and yellowed with age, is filled with a variety of vintage advertisements for garden seeds. The page is from the January 1890 issue of the American Agriculturist magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Magazine Wrench Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a Combination Service Wrench. It’s from the September 6, 1917 issue of Hardware Age. And a black and white clip art version of the wrench. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Dress Form Clip Art
This vintage advertisement for Hall – Borchert Adjustable Forms is from the April 1914 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the dress form. Click on images to enlarge.
Antique Yost Typewriter
This old magazine advertisement features a Yost No. 4 Typewriter. The ad states that the Yost typewriter has recently had many improvements put on it which add to its convenience and capacity. The improvements include: better paper feed, an adjustable paper guide and improved line lock. Here is a black and white clip art version…
Vintage Embroidery ~ Free Digital Magazine Ad and Clip Art
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for The Brainerd & Armstrong Co.’s annual Embroidery Book for the year 1900. The ad features an image of a well-dressed lady, seated in a beautiful wooden chair, doing embroidery work. The advertisement is from the November 1899 issue of The Designer magazine. Here is a black and white…
Antique Williams Typewriter
This old magazine advertisement features a Williams Typewriter. The ad boasts that the first and fourth place winners for speed, at an 1896 annual typing competition, used a Williams Typewriter. All the leading typewriters were used. First, second and third prizes for best work were also won on the Williams Typewriter. Here is a black and white clip…
