Black and White Illustration of Three Roses

Three Roses Tied With Ribbon

Today I came across this really cool image of three lovely roses tied with a ribbon. It had a lot of ink from the other page transferred onto it (you could see a man's face from an ad from another page on it)...so there was a lot of cleaning up to do, especially around the ends of the stems. Hopefully I did an alright job.

Overall it is a very crisp and clear, black and white image of long stemmed roses that I think turned out quite nicely.

It was from an ad for shoes from the year 1913, that was stating that if you bought a pair you got a box of chocolates and roses (I want to shop there). The ad described the roses being given as "a bouquet of Gude Roses." I did a quick search, out of curiosity, and found a few references to "Amelia Gude roses" in some old books and newspapers, but nothing else...I guess this is a "lost" breed of roses? They probably are just known by another name now.

I think there are so many things that could be done with this particular clipart of roses. Perhaps make a romantic item for Valentine's Day, or use to make a Mother's Day gift? Either way... Enjoy!




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Three Sewing Baskets

These three sewing baskets comes from an ad published in 1918. Holding scissors, spools of thread, and other sewing implements for sewing and mending these baskets were an important part of the household at the turn of the century.







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Lively Lads

This is a fun illustration of four, cheerful boys from a vintage newspaper ad from 1912 advertising for the "nobbiest and newest offerings in Neckwear, Caps, Hats and other wearables" including shoes. They are rigged out in what are a few different examples of the fashion styles for boys of the 1910s era, including knee length pants and stockings and shoes with spats. Two of them are wearing nautical inspired suits and the others look like what I tend to think of as "newspaper boys" although I am sure it was typical schoolboy dress as well.

I've cleaned the image up, although there are a few flaws from the newspaper printing that someone may want to improve upon (it's easier to see it at full size).



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Antique Automobile Car Clip Art

Here is a cool public domain image for your use of an antique automobile for your use that came from a newspaper ad from 1907. This particular model is actually a Pope-Toledo Touring Car. Don't you think it would be fun to ride around in one of these?

I've cleaned up and darkened this image quite a bit to make it look more sharp. And unlike some of the other images I have done in the past I made this one a transparent png image.




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