Tag: Antique Vintage Postcards
Tag Description:Scans of my antique and vintage postcard collection made available as free clip art. I collect Victorian Christmas, Easter, Halloween, New Year’s and Valentine’s Day postcards, as well as vintage birthday greetings.
Easter Clip Art Rabbit Plays Drum in this Antique Postcard
A fun free Easter clip art image of a rabbit playing an egg drum. Our drummer boy Easter bunny resembles a soldier, with a bandoleer across his chest. Perhaps he signifies the triumph of Spring over Winter? I think that this image would make a great place card for your Easter dinner table (you could add each [...]
Vintage Saint Patrick’s Day Clip Art Postcards
Here is a trio of vintage Saint Patrick’s Day postcards that you can use as free clip art. I forgot that I had picked these up last summer during one of my antiquing trips; consequently I’ve only just scanned them in tonight and might not have a chance to restore them before St. Paddy’s day. [...]
Saint Patrick’s Day Clip Art: Irish Jig Dancers
Here is a charming antique St. Patrick’s Day postcard of an old-fashioned Irish couple dancing to an old Irish jig called “St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning.” I’ve included a nice musical clip, so now there is no excuse for you to not get up and dance a jig yourself.
St. Patrick’s Day Menu and Recipes
The notion that a traditional Saint Patrick’s Day feast requires green beer and corned beef is dismissed with this special holiday menu for “Saint Paddy’s Day” with recipes. From The American Family Receipt Book, by Mrs. Gregory and Friends, circa 1900, sprinkled with suitable poetry as originally published. I’ve included a selection of my antique [...]
Victorian Queen of Hearts Valentine Postcard
Here is a second in the Queen of Hearts Victorian Valentine postcard series. I’ve seen others, and with all the ephemera and postcards I have here I may already have them. Sigh. I really need to organize my collection! Here is a lovely postcard that would make a great gift tag on a bouquet of [...]
Queen of my Heart Victorian Valentine Postcard Clip Art
This vintage Valentine image is part of a series of “Queen of Heart” postcards. This is the Queen of Hearts, with a spread of playing cards behind her and lovely gold embossed decorative elements, she is one of my favorites. I have one more Queen in this series that I will post here shortly, and [...]
