Vintage Holiday Crafts and Free Printable Greeting Cards

Although the free clip art images below don’t represent every country and every ethnicity, their focus is more international than usually found in vintage art collections. We can thank Dover Publications for that, because with the exception of the three African American images (which come from my personal stash), these free clip art images were gleaned from Dover free samples.

Click a free vintage clip art image below to view and download a larger version (enlarged sizes vary):

Christmas is a time for children, so kids made obvious subjects for vintage Christmas cards. These little girls and boys are particularly cute, even if they do only represent a portion of the world’s population. From looking at these holiday cards (and the rest of my cards in my collection) you’d think that no other ethnicities existed before 1940. My apologies if you’re looking for something other than fair-skinned children. When it comes to vintage images, they’re hard to find. (UPDATE: I finally found an image of a non-fair-skinned child! She’s posted in the first row below.)

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I think dogs used to be less popular than they are now, because it’s much easier to find vintage images of cats. But I did manage to find these nice examples of vintage dog art that span quite a few decades. My favorite is probably the one with Santa having to bribe a bulldog with a dog biscuit. It isn’t the highest quality of the bunch as far as artistic value goes. But I like the silliness of Santa having to beg a dog just to deliver his toys.

Click the vintage dog art below to view and download larger versions on some of the images (sizes vary):