This vintage book page includes two poems: Lullaby by Alfred Tennyson and Rock me to Sleep, Mother by Florence Percy. There is also an illustration of a Victorian mother cradling her baby in a rocking chair beside an open window. It is evening and through the open window we can see a large full moon…
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Mother and Baby Bedtime Prayers ~ Free Vintage Image
This vintage engraving features a young mother holding her baby on her lap. It appears that the baby is ready for bed and they are saying goodnight prayers together. The image is titled Young Motherhood. It’s from Gaskell’s Compendium of Forms Educational Social Legal and Commercial, 1880. Click on image to enlarge.
Kate Greenaway Mother and Baby Girl ~ Free Vintage Storybook Image
This charming Kate Greenaway image features a mother walking with her baby girl. The mom is holding an open turquoise-colored umbrella above them with her right hand. She is cradling her baby in her left arm and the baby’s head is resting on mommy’s shoulder. The image is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image…
My Little Girlie by Kate Greenaway ~ Free Vintage Storybook Image
MY LITTLE GIRLIE. LITTLE girlie tell to me What your wistful blue eyes see? Why you like to stand so high, Looking at the far-off sky. Does a tiny Fairy flit In the pretty blue of it? Or is it that you hope so soon To see the rising yellow Moon? Or is it –…
Victorian Mother and Baby
This vintage image includes a Victorian mother lifting back the curtain from the side of her baby’s bassinet to look in on her baby. The baby is awake, with arms eagerly outstretched, anxious to be in mommy’s arms. The image is from Child Life, A First Reader, by Etta Austin Blaisdell and Mary Frances Blaisdell, 1902. Click on image…
Train Travel ~ Vintage Magazine Advertisement
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…
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…
Mother and Baby ~ Free Vintage Storybook Image
Here is a vintage children’s storybook image of a mother holding her precious little baby on her lap. In the story, this baby’s name is Little Bo-Peep. The mother’s name is Jill; she is the wife of Jack. The image is from Tom Tucker and Little Bo Peep, by Thomas Hood, illustrated by Alice Wheaton Adams, published in 1891. Click on image…
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup ~ Free Victorian Advertising Card Image
This Victorian trading card is an advertisement for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, an old remedy for children teething. The image on the front of the card features a happy mother holding a smiling baby. The back of the card includes advice for mothers in three languages and a calendar for 1888. Click on images to…
Moth, Mother, Motorcycle ~ Free Dictionary Page
This aged page, from a vintage dictionary published in 1922, includes the words: mosaic, moth, mother, motor car, motorcycle and motorman. Click on image to enlarge.
Santa Family Vintage Christmas Greeting Card ~ Free Download
This fun vintage Christmas greeting card features a family of Santas, including daddy Santa, mommy Santa and an adorable baby Santa! Here is the inside of the card, with an illustration of the Santa family’s detachable beards hanging from a small piece of a tree branch and the greeting: Merry Christmas from all and a…
Mom Admiring Baby Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage image of a mother admiring her adorable baby as she holds her up. The baby is looking down at mom with a cute little smile on her lips. This illustration is from the book Our Dear Baby published by Richard G. Krueger in 1916. Click on image to enlarge.
