Contributions of the group Vintage Illustration

Nursery Rhyme Book

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Thu, 14 May 2026 01:17:59 +0000

The earliest book from childhood that I still have.
It’s a nursery rhyme book with few very pictures - quite unlike anything published for children today - but I was very fond of it, and returned to the color plates to study them countless times as a young child.
134/365

Hello!
Thanks for the invitation to post this illustration to the group. I’m happy to do that - except I don’t remember this particular nursery rhyme having a tune. I think this was just one of the “Spoken Word” ones!
I actually remember many of the nursery rhyme tunes - probably helped by singing them to my kids - and working with kids for many years.
Please feel free to remove if this doesn’t qualify!

Toby Twirl

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:20:23 +0000

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Originally my brother’s book, but I always loved it. There were some fairly creepy pictures and story lines, but it was still a favorite.
Apparently the author wrote Toby Twirl books from the mid 1940s to the late 1950s. This was the last of the Annuals, (1958) although Toby appeared in other formats.
Written by Sheila Hodgetts, Pictured by E Jefferey and Colored by R.S.Clark

Pic a day: 111/365

Guess

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:08:14 +0000

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Hmmmmmmm…… Who am I reminded of?

Bought in Bristol, 2024, "Your Home” shop.

Pic a day: 18/365

Holiday Greetings

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 03:04:56 +0000

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Merry Christmas to all my Christmas celebrating Ipernity friends, and sincere best wishes to everyone who embraces other traditions and beliefs.

This squarish, vintage card was bought in Essex Junction, Vermont in November, 2025.

William

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:25:22 +0000

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" It was all just being "Just William" "

John Lennon
On his childhood.

The author was Richmal Crompton and the illustrator was Thomas Henry.

William - The Good

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:43:31 +0000

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Ethel is William's (blameless) 19 year old sister.
Not your typical children's book - but beloved by generations of English kids - and adults.
Willam books by Richmal Crompton
Illustrations by Thomas Henry.

" It was all just being 'Just William' "

John Lennon
On his childhood.

Santa and the Sporty Roadster

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:39:07 +0000

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Merry Christmas to my Christmas celebrating friends. May your day be joyful.
Peace to all.

The Busty Fairy & her Cohorts

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:33:57 +0000

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I was obsessed with paper dolls.
These were the first I made. They didn't have extra clothes, but they were cut out, named, and played with.
I was 10.

Valentines

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 20:43:36 +0000

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Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: ROMANTIC OR IN LOVE
Unstamped, unsent. Just says Post Card. Divided with "correspondence" on the left and "address only" on the right.
Found on one of the Champlain Islands, Vermont.

A Happy New Year from John E. Cranfield, Letter Carrier, 1889

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:17:02 +0000

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A New Year card from John E. Cranfield (d. 1894?), who was a letter carrier in Albany, New York.

Compare this card with A Happy New Year, Will D. Reiber, Letter Carrier.

?A Happy New Year? 1889

John E. Cranfield, Route No. 14.

Ye Penny Post, 1839. Ye Letter Carrier, 1889.

Katydid Calling Card for E. L. Houghton

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 02:47:02 +0000

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A katydid perches on the left-hand side of a Victorian-era calling card for someone named E. L. Houghton.

You Have the Key That Fits My Heart

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:42:02 +0000

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A woman fans herself as a man encroaches on her personal space while they are both perched dangerously on top of a giant key in this amusing image from an early twentieth-century postcard.

Caption: "You have the key that fits my heart."

The Argus — Vulcan Safety Matches

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 05:09:56 +0000

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A Swedish matchbox label branded with the names of Argus, the multi-eyed giant of Greek mythology, and Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.

"The Argus Vulcan Safety Matches. Made at Tidaholm, Sweden. Contents 60 matches."

Hayward's—Silk Umbrellas a Specialty

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 27 May 2019 06:01:02 +0000

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A woman uses an umbrella to protect herself and her daughter from the menacing approaches of a giraffe and seal in this nineteenth-century advertising trade card by M. F. Tobin for Hayward's, a dry goods store in New York City.

Hayward's

131 Eighth Avenue, bet. 16th & 17th Sts., New York.

Silk umbrellas, $1.00 & $1.50 a specialty. Repairing & recovering.

Copyrighted 1881, M. F. Tobin, N.Y.

Easter Serenade for the Picnic Chicks

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:48:04 +0000

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"Easter Greetings."

Compare this postcard with Best Easter Wishes from Mr. and Mrs. Bunny-Chick and Family.

Jockey Chicks at the Easter Rabbit Race

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:48:02 +0000

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"Easter joy attend you."

For a similar postcard, see A Very Happy Easter to You.

A Happy Easter...

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 20:23:57 +0000

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...to all my Ipernity Easter-celebrating friends!
Addressed to Mrs. Henry Burnell (I think) Monkton, VT. Undated.
This is a Raphael Tuck & Sons postcard By Appointment to the Royal Family.
This company has an interesting history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Tuck_%26_Sons

Burning the Baker

nobody@ipernity.com (Götz Kluge) — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:42:39 +0000

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Knight Letter (ISSN 0193-886X) of the LCSNA (Lewis Carroll Society of North America), Spring 2018, № 100

Details: snrk.de/knight-letter-100

Nose is a Nose is a Nose

nobody@ipernity.com (Götz Kluge) — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:45:10 +0000

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Knight Letter (ISSN 0193-886X) of the LCSNA (Lewis Carroll Society of North America), Fall 2017, № 99

Details: snrk.de/knight-letter-links/kl-fall2017

Happy New Year, Ipernity Friends!

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 18:34:44 +0000

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Whoever "Ruth" was - her good wishes are the same as mine to all of you!
Peace.

This is a vintage postcard (1920s/30s?) - blank on the back.