Art Nouveau Woman

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So beautiful!

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Vintage Lady and Seahorse Silhouettes

Vintage silhouettes today

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Vintage Gibson Girl Profiles

How about some Gibson girls today?  I thought these profiles were interesting.

 

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Victorian Ladies in Corsets

The corset ad below is from around the turn of the last century.

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Below is an image of a woman wearing a maternity corset.  This ad was featured in a Bon Marche catalog around 1900.

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This next image features the long corset for the Regency style fashions of the early 1900's.

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Vintage Silhouettes

I have a couple of really sweet silhouettes for you today

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Movie Costume Designer Edith Head

Here is a gorgeous Patricia Ellis in a wedding gown designed by the genius of movie costume design, Edith Head for the 1934 movie Here Comes the Groom.  Love that veil.

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Edith Head was the Head Designer at Paramount Studios from 1938 until 1967.  She also worked for MGM, Universal, Warners, Columbia and Fox studios.  Edith Head won 8 Academy Awards, more than any other woman and was nominated 35 times.  She worked with virtually every star who was a star.  Some actresses didn't like working with her because of her understated style.

Her last Academy Award was for the movie, The Sting, in 1974.  Here is one of her sketches of a costume worn by Paul Newman in that movie.

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Below is one of her sketches for a costume worn by Robert Redford in The Great Waldo Pepper.

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Here is a sketch for a costume worn by Dorothy Lamour in Tropic Holiday.

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And finally, a sketch for the movie Harlow played by Caroll Baker.

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Victorian Bride and Garter

A Few Victorian Wedding Facts

In 1850 the average cost of a wedding gown was $500 and $125 for the veil.  By law weddings could only take place in the morning.  In the 1880's the laws were changed to extend the hour to 3:00.  Wealthier couples arrived at the church together in a horse drawn carriage.  After the ceremony the bride and groom leave the church looking only straight ahead.

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Victorian garter

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Victorian Lady and Shoe

A lovely Victorian lady and her shoe perhaps?

 

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My Rose Marie Song Sheet Cover

Such a beautiful song sheet cover, circa. 1908

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Oh I just know you are going to create something wonderful with her!

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Vintage Cabinet Card and Federal Music Project Poster

This is a cabinet card, circa. 1870, with title Coiffurine for strengthening, restoring & dressing the hair.

A cabinet card was a very thin photograph that was mounted on a 4x6 card.

Love her hairdo! 

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And I love this Federal Music Project poster, The Chocolate Soldier, circa.1936-1939

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I hope you enjoy these wonderful images!

Vintage Banners Featuring Hands

I love these banners that feature his and her hands and because they are so generic they can be used for so many occasions and applications.  I hope you find them useful in your designs.

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Have fun with these and send me images of what you create so I can share them with everyone!

Lindsey just sent me some more images of her work using images from this blog.  Thanks Lindsey!

Check out more of Lindsey's wonderful creations here.

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Glamed Up Ladies at Party Table Silhouette

I have a wonderful silhouette for you today.  I love the glamorous ladies and the great lacey tablecloth!

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And don't forget about blog giveaway.  Enter to win by tomorrow night midnight PST.

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Vintage Sprague Electric Company Ad and Blog Giveaway

Our blog giveaway ends Sunday, September 11th at midnight PST.  Find out all the details here.

Today's post is about the Sprague Electric Company.  Frank Sprague was an American inventor born in 1857.  Sprague contributed to the inventions of the electric motor, railways and elevators and invented the trolley pole which delivered electricity to trolley cars.

His contributions in the areas of electricity and transportation allowed for the growth of cities and urban areas.

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage New York Color Plate Ad

This gorgeous ad is circa 1904.  The New York Color Plate Company developed a  method of adding more colors in the film development process which they called quadri color.  

So beautiful

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Here is another ad from the same company

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Free Vintage Clip Art - How Clara Barton Started the American Red Cross

Clara Barton (1821-1912) was born in Oxford, Massachuettes in 1821.  Her older brother became her first patient when he fell from the rafters of the family's barn.  At the age of 11 Clara stayed by her brother's side for 3 years nursing him back to health, learning to administer all of his medications, including leeches.

Nine days after the Civil War began Clara found herself tending to wounded Massachusetts soldiers in the US Senate Chambers in Washington DC.  Three months later Clara established the agency that obtained and distributed supplies to wounded soldiers.  She was then given a pass to travel with the Army ambulances into the war zone to give comfort and aid to wounded soldiers.  During the years that followed she was given permission to travel to the front lines and reached some of the grimmest battlefields of the war and was allowed to bring her own supplies. 

In 1865 President Lincoln put Clara in charge of searching for missing soldiers.  She met a soldier who had compiled a list of 13,000 dead soldiers.  The list was eventually published and became known as the Atwater List and is still available today.  Clara became known as the Angel of the Battlefield and her work in finding missing soldiers led her on a nationwide campaign to identify missing soldiers and she became recognized nationally for her work.  She began lecturing around the country on her work on the battlefield and met Susan B Anthony, the women's suffergate and began a lifelong association with women's issues and after meeting Frederick Douglas became an activist for black civil rights.  

On a trip to Geneva in 1869 she was introduced to the Red Cross and she began a campaign to have the American Red Cross recognized the American government.  The American Red Cross was born on May 21, 1881.  In 1896 Clara traveled to Istanbul and established the first American International Red Cross headquarters in turkey.

What a gal!

Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage "Christy Girl" Recruitment Poster

Vintage Howard Chandler Christy Recruitment Poster

Howard Chandler Christy was an American illustrator and artist, most notably known for his "Christy Girl" illustrations, similar to the "Gibson Girls".

He first gained attention with his paintings of the Spanish-American War that were published in Harper's Magazine, among others.  In 1940 he painted the Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States which hangs in the House of Representatives wing of the Untied States Capital Building.  Some of his work is on display at the New York City restaurant Cafe des Artistes.

 This poster is from 1918 and features one of Christy's "Christy Girls"

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Classic Marguerite Dufay Poster by Louis Anquetin

Classic Marguerite Dufay Poster by Louis Anquetin

Trombonist Marguerite Dufay performed in music halls throughout Paris in the late 1800's, playing the trombone along with her comique excentrique act. 

This classic poster by french artist Louis Anquetin was used to announce her performances around Paris.  Anquetin was a contmeporary of and friends with Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec.

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Medieval Paper Dolls

Medieval Paper Dolls Today

I guess by now you've noticed my love of paper dolls.  Their charming simplicity can take you back to a time gone by and they also open the door to discussions about history.  I immediately fell in love with these medieval paper dolls.  I hope you enjoy them too!

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Print these out on heavy card stock for durability and have fun with the kids! 

Free Vintage Clip Art - Gibson Girl with Dog

Vintage Gibson Girl with Dog

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Mermaid Watercolor and Seashells

Vintage Mermaid Watercolor and Seashells

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