This vintage illustration features three dolls around seated around a small table that is set for tea. Another doll is seated at the base of a decorated Christmas tree in the background. Here is a black and white clip art version. The illustration is from the December 1893 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Click on…
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Christmas Tree Story
This vintage magazine page features The Story of a Cheap Christmas Tree. The page includes illustrations of Santa, a decorated tree and a line up of toys. The story is about two young girls who combine their Christmas spending money to purchase a tree, decorations and gifts for their baby brother. The page is from…
Letter for Santa ~ Clapsaddle Postcard Image
This fun vintage postcard, by Ellen Clapsaddle, features a shy child, dressed in blue, passing a letter to Santa. Santa is carrying a bag full of toys. The message on the card is: Best Wishes for a happy Christmas. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Toys
Here is a vintage catalogue page of toys. Included on the page is a stuffed cow, a stuffed horse and a stuffed dog. The stuffed animals are on wheels and range in price from $1.19 to $4.98. There are three toy stock farms on the page, ranging in price from 51 cents to $1.98. A…
The Little Cooks ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This adorable vintage engraving, by Oscar Pletsch, features two little girls preparing dinner with their toy dishes, small table and play stove. Here is an excerpt of the story from the book: “…the little girls began to cook their dinner. It was great fun, Mary thought; indeed, she liked it almost better than playing with…
Child’s China Tea Set ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage advertisement for a delightful child’s china tea set that is decorated with floral designs. The set consists of 6 cups, 6 saucers, 4 plates, cake plate, cream pitcher, teapot and sugar bowl. It was priced at 75 cents or $1.70 with a one-year subscription to the American Agriculturist magazine. The vintage…
Free Vintage Santa Christmas Postcard Image
I thought I’d begin adding Christmas graphics to my blog for those of you that have started working on your Christmas projects. This vintage Christmas postcard features Santa putting the final touches of paint on a doll’s face. There is a rubber ball, a toy drum and a sprig of holly on the table Santa…
Vintage Teddy Bears ~ Free Catalogue Ad and Clip Art
This vintage catalogue listing features five adorable teddy bears ranging in price from 45 cents for a basic 12” teddy bear to $1.53 for a 17” plush teddy bear. The ad is from the 1916 Sears Roebuck and Co. winter catalogue. Here is a black and white clip art version of the illustration of teddy bears from the ad….
Free Vintage Christmas Postcard Image ~ Santa Painting Doll House
This vintage Christmas postcard features a wonderful image of Santa Claus preparing toys in his workshop. Santa is holding a painter’s palette in his left hand while he paints a doll house with his right hand. There are tools on the wall behind Santa and boxes on a shelf higher on the same wall. The…
Santa At Window with Bag of Toys ~ Free Vintage Postcard Graphic
Here is a fun vintage Christmas postcard! Santa has arrived and is about to come into the house through a window that is decorated with branches of holly and berries. Santa is carrying a bag of toys that is too full to keep a doll and toy horse hidden. Two of Santa’s reindeer are visible,…
Santa Delivering Gifts by Ellen Clapsaddle
This vintage Christmas postcard by Ellen Clapsaddle includes an image of a little girl sound asleep with a doll tucked under one arm and another doll behind her back. A teddy bear is on a chair beside the bed. Santa has arrived with a bag of toys strapped to his back. He is pulling a…
Free Vintage Clip Art ~ Child’s Christmas Stocking Filled With Toys
This 1916 Sears Roebuck and Co. catalogue listing is for a child’s mesh Christmas stocking that is filled with 18 assorted toys. The price was 50 cents for one stocking, $2.85 for six stockings or $5.55 for 12 stockings. Here is a black and white clip art version of the vintage stocking filled with toys. Click on images…
