Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Travel and Visiting Costumes, 1892

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
A vintage fashion history illustration from 1892 showing three Victorian ladies standing in the parlor of a house, wearing travel and visiting costumes. A fourth lady is seated in the middle of the room, in a more relaxed at-home dress, lightly conversing with a little girl on her lap. Scanned from my personal collection of antique La Mode Illustrée magazines.

Download and use in various altered art, graphic design, papercrafts or scrapbooking projects. You can find the free high-res 9" x 11" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Food History: 19th Century American Holiday Recipe for An Excellent Family Plum Pudding (from 1866)

A 19th century American holiday recipe for "an excellent family plum pudding" from an 1866 issue of Peterson's Magazine. Seems to be a deliciously rich dessert, a perfect ending to a any holiday celebration. You can download the free, high-res 8” x 6” @ 300 ppi recipe card here. Can be used as a gift tag, dinner invitation, place card or in junk journal and scrapbooking projects.


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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Mixed-Media Collage, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: A Very Warm Welcome

Once again...welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely;
and leave something of the happiness you bring.
― Bram Stoker
A vintage fashion hstory illustration from 1904 that shows a trio of Edwardian ladies giving a warm welcome to two Edwardian ladies as they arrive in the grand foyer of a house. Original black and white engraving is from my personal collection of antique La Mode Illustrée magazines.

Download and use in various mixed-media collage art, graphic design, papercrafts or scrapbooking projects. You can find the free high-res 8" x 5.5" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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