Women's Shoes of 1900

This is a re-post of a prior offering at this blog, the links for which are no longer available. 
Aren't these fun to look at? Each one says something about women's shoes of the very late Victorian era as it was in the year 1900. I had to choose from dozens to make this Collage Set for you. I also improved and tidied up the looks of each shoe with background. This is actually an older post that I could not find a proper link for owing to technical difficulties. I found the image in my files, and have added it to storage for you via my Download link below.

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PPS™Collage Set: Late Victorian Shoes

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Castle Coloring Page

This illustration is of a real castle in France.

I like medieval artwork and architecture. I also like to "geek out" on history now and then, so this illustration really pleased me when I ran across it online. 

While I've cleaned it up and resized it, it's still a Public Domain image. For more about the Château de Coucy or the Coucy castle, you may visit this website HERE. I'm fascinated by it in that I used to reread a favorite medieval history book by Barbara Tuchman entitled, "A Distant Mirror," that traces the history of the Coucy family. (Please do not let anyone fool you - that book is not fictional. I revel in the footnotes and appendixes as well as the bibliography. See? I am a history nerd or "geek.")

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PPSColorMe™: Medieval French Castle

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Free Cinderella Coloring Page

Cinderella in one of her quieter moments, feeding the little birds who've come to pay her a visit.

This is a favorite story for many people. I love the old style hearth that's big enough to sit in. The whole setting is really wonderfully done. Though I've seen it in a number of spots online, I thought I'd offer my own version for coloring or tinting. I think this project would work best using colored pencils, but the choice is yours, of course. Don't you simply love her shoes?

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PPSColorMe™Cinderella Feeds the Birds

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Free Butterfly Coloring Page

Time to get out the colors in your favorite medium as these butterflies need color!

This particular new PPSColorMe™page was so simple to update for coloring that it is Free and in the Public Domain. 
The Butterflies speak for themselves.

Happy Summertime Creativity!

PPSColorMe™Butterflies

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Forest Coloring Page No. 2

From an old engraving or print of a peaceful scene of two gracefully shaped trees.

Suitable for framing, this could either be tinted or else completely colored in using colored pencils, etc. and made to look either summery or autumnal. Actually, spring's lighter greens might work well for this printable too. A further option might be to leave it just as it already looks.

As this was a very simple printable to make, and required very little alteration at my end of things, I have chosen to leave this one in the wide open world of the Public Domain.

FREE 

Use this one anyway you wish.

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PPSColorMe™: Two Graceful Trees

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Free Forest Coloring Page

From an old engraving or print of a peaceful scene among some trees with a herd of wild deer.

Suitable for framing, this could either be tinted or else completely colored in using colored pencils, etc. and made to look either summery or autumnal. Actually, spring's lighter greens might work well for this printable too. A further option might be to leave it just as it already looks.

As this was a very simple printable to make, and required very little alteration at my end of things, I have chosen to leave this one in the wide open world of the Public Domain.

Happy Autumn Creativity!

PPSColorMe™: Deer forest

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Autumn View on Old Philadelphia

I'd never read anything about this tree during my school days. I mainly chose this picture for its autumnal beauty.

Any landscape painting needs to be interesting to our minds even after it has been looked at several different times, wouldn't you agree? I found this one in a file while searching for something else recently. I've decided to give it a bit of a "face lift," so to speak, as well as giving it  a new format to fit 8.5" by 11" sheets of paper. I think that it might be nice to use in a collage or perhaps on a greeting card (reduced in size, of course).

To learn more about the city of Philadelphia, you may click on the following link HERE. At the same webpage, if you scroll down for a bit, you will see the very same tree in a different painting.

Half inch margins on this one. Please check your printer's settings before printing.

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Historic Landscape with Famous Tree

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New Dragon Adventure Coloring Page

And such a fierce looking dragon, too!

The knight is bravely battling the hideous creature as it breathes its hot breath on one of his two valiantly faithful dogs. His rapidly fleeing horse is obviously leaving the scene out of sheer terror.

In spite of this, I see victory at hand in this old illustration. The knight's sword is now buried in the roaring beast's body, almost up to the hilt. The dragon has been using its long, scaly tail as a weapon. See how it has that powerful tail coiled about the knight!

There are two other Dragon coloring pages here at this blog, both listed under the category of PPSColorMe™. Two out of the now total of three are fairly scary, while the remaining one shows the dragon as already having been killed and a sister being rescued and given a victorious hug by her brave brother.

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PPSColorMe™: Dragonslayer!

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Antique Cornfield Graphic

Antique graphics are a lot of fun, aren't they?

This pretty farm graphic from (I am guessing) either the late Victorian or perhaps Edwardian era really caught my eye! I began with the enlarging process, as it wasn't too small a file. Next, I began to revive the colors till they could reveal some of their prior beauty. Other than that, I have left all of its luscious wrinkles and tattered edges.  Every sign of age can be beautiful. Sometimes it can be a little too easy to want to make something like this look too new.

This will be my second Public Domain post of the day.

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PPSHarvest™ Graphic:

Cornfield and Swallows

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Antique Husking Party Graphic

What a cheerful farm scene this is!

I thought that it would be fun for children to color in, although some adults do enjoy coloring too! I know I am one of those adults.
:)

I am allowing this one to remain in in its original copyright status, that is Public Domain. Please feel free to use it however you like.

One of the best parts for me would have to be how the horses are regarding each other from their separate stalls. I've known horses to do just such a thing, so this has brought back sweet memories for me to enjoy. 

As for the corn and the barn, well - that would be an even sweeter memory for me. On a wet and rainy afternoon at an old family farm with a very large barn, I once helped to shuck corn as a child. This happened at a family reunion. All of the children, myself included, loved that big old barn with its lofts and its straw and hay in stacks and piles. Removing the drying kernels of corn from the cobs was something we children did then using nothing but our bare hands.

We also played at sliding and daring each other to jump from one loft above into the straw pile below! What a good day that was!

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PPSColorMe™: An Antique Husking 

Party Graphic

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Coloring Page: Playing Dress Up Games

Feathers ~! 
...and even more feathers await the coloring artist who would choose this item to color.

1/4 (or .25) inch margins for this one on your chosen printer.

I just thought that this one looked like a lot of challenging fun. There is a lot of detail within this picture, so either colored pencils or a big box set of crayons with a sharpener might work out better. I would imagine that a colored pencil set might include some wonderful peacock feather colors. 

The tapestry birds look really comical to me, and the child's delight at wearing her mother's hat is, I think, charming.

I'm keeping this one in the public domain where I found it, as it needed very little help from me in order to be a proper coloring page.

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PPSColorMe™Page: Dressing Up with Feathers

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Women Cyclists of the 1890's Graphic

Let's head for the hills with our hats pinned on securely!

Isn't this old illustration both interesting and fun? The women being shown in the foreground are covered, literally, from the neck down, and yet they have been exercising during warmer weather. I find that somewhat astonishing, don't you?

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The woman in blue is wearing "bloomers" or a form of knee-length cycling trousers. Her hat has a slightly masculine and sporty flair, while the cut of her suit's jacket shows a definitely feminine (and corseted) figure. Notice her sensible, flat heeled shoes. Such a style was viewed as being innovative at that time.

The woman in pink is dressed less for sport and more as though she might possibly be on an errand of some sort. Women were really set free by their modern bicycles in the latter part of the 1800's and could be found free wheeling from place to place in dry weather on roads in town and country during the late 1800's. This continued on into the early 1900's. Nowadays, bicycles are seen as commonplace for sport and for commuting.

This brief clip from the series, "The 1900 house" can give us a small taste of what cycling must have felt like for women during that late Victorian era, when cycling for women was becoming more and more respectable and less and less disliked byVictorian critics of women's sports.

Such an adventure this would have been for any woman!

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PPS™ Victorian Women Cyclists

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Antique Magazine Cover for August

This Art Nouveau style magazine cover is outlined with twining vines and late summer blooms.

The woman in her hammock is reading. I can almost imagine her long, trailing skirts billowing slightly in a breeze as she sways slightly in her ladylike way.

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I also enjoy the travel machines near the very top of this picture, don't you? I do really enjoy old trains. To travel aboard one was once a real joy for me - and in actual fact, I've had that pleasure on four separate occasions. What a delight each one was!

Whether you'd prefer to be swaying in a comfortable hammock or on the high seas or else riding a speedy train to an exciting place that is new to you, this cover just might suit your August mood.

Happy summertime creativity!

Antique August Magazine Cover

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Free Antique Baseball Coloring Page

Bustles and Baseball? 
An old illustration from the 1880's Victorian Bustle Era.

I ran across this old graphic recently while doing research on a completely different project. It was in the Public domain, and yet needed a little facelift, so to speak. I have enlarged it and cleared it of some torn areas plus one scratch using photoshop processes. There is a bit of a quality issue as far as resolution goes, but since it is intended to be either hand colored or tinted, I saw this as being  a very minor issue. My recommendation would be to use colored pencils. After all, it is fairly small (not even filling the 8 1/2 by 11 inch final size) and yet it is also very full of details! Please adjust your printer margin settings to .25 inches (1/4 inch) for this one.

My! - how they did used to dress up for the ball park! Americans really would do that a lot. Almost everybody wore hats, and some men would even wear suits. The women in the foreground of this picture wear hats, corsets, and long dresses with bustles underneath. Just look at all of the different hat styles the ladies are wearing to this game! Personally, I like the small top hat that another woman is wearing.

In the distance, there is an obviously very busy harbor of some sort. This must be a port town somewhere. I wish that I could share the location of this old ball field with all of you. Perhaps somebody can help me out with the history and location? Meanwhile ~

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PPSColorMe™: An Antique Baseball Game Graphic

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A Seaworthy Magazine Cover from 1895

Ahoy there!

A breezy July day out on the waves sounds cooling to me today.
I've augmented and changed this item for best ease of use, but am choosing to leave it in the Public Domain category.

Let's weigh anchor and set sail for the open sea!

Happy summertime creativity!

July 1895 Sailing Illustration

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Victorian Era Seed Packet Art

This has had to be changed radically by me in order to make it both a little more more usable and attractive.

Whenever I find something as fun to look at as this image truly is for me, I feel a genuine urge to clean it up and make it look fresher.

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I really like the way that the young man is standing comfortably with his booted feet in the summertime sun. The contrast between his comfort (open collar, rolled up sleeves) on an extra warm and sunny day and the long sleeves, high collars and fuss and frill of the two ladies aboard their little two wheeled gig makes me smile. The one young woman is enjoying the flavor of the slim slice of watermelon the boy has just offered her. Perhaps there will be a sale?

There are melons in the foreground and in the background of this picture as well. It's such a pretty summer scene, that I simply couldn't resist the opportunity of sharing it here at the Studio's blog.

There's just one problem, however. I am fresh out of melons and yet would have enjoyed a nice, refreshing melon slice snack today!
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Antique Seed Advertisement

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Old Illustrated Bible Page of Psalm 23

This is my first new item here at PPS in weeks.

I'm sorry to have had to be away so much. I really miss my little hobby of keeping this blog. There are family concerns, etc. keeping my mind and time away from offering anything new here. I am offering this new illustrated page for free, but please respect my copyrights. I have made it look nicer as well as fresher in appearance. I've also altered its size so that it will print for guests of this blog. One fourth of an inch is the narrowest margin size for this one. 

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Old Illustrated Bible Page

Psalm 23

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Butterfies in Flight

From an old full color plate illustration.

I was in the mood for something light, airy and pretty. I hope this suits your mood, too.

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I've cleaned and cleared this one up a little, plus brightened it somewhat, as it was looking a bit drab and tired. And butterflies need to be full of light and loveliness, don't they?
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PPS™ Butterflies in Midair 

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An 18th Century Coloring Page

A lady stays at home with her little bird.

In this quiet scene, a fairly affluent home is depicted, one refined in taste enough  for some fine furnishings. A lady sits alone with her bird. There is sun in the window, and we can almost make out the landscape painting that hangs on her wall.

She sits in her parlor, dressed rather informally for a quiet time alone. She is wearing a wrap of some sort over what appears to be a set of stays and a long skirt of some sort. It is hard to tell exactly how she is dressed here, but it hardly matters.

She is holding a very special and costly item on her lap, a music box of some sort. This lovely object is being used like a prompt in order to teach her little caged bird a tune to sing.

Despite a few quality issues, I've decided to offer this image for free and to keep it in the Public Domain. It seems to me that such an image might be hand tinted using watercolors. That is, once it's been adhered securely enough to watercolor paper first. Alternatively, colored pencils might be just the thing--or maybe pan pastels. Crayons of any sort might work nicely as well.

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PPSColorMe™: A French Lady 

Teaches Her Bird a Tune

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Teatime for Two

Two friends share their news over two cups of tea.

Beyond these two ladies in their fashionable hats, many others are enjoying teatime in that lovely outdoor space. Within this 1890's style old illustration is a story of some sort. It may have originated with a magazine, or been within the pages of a book written for women readers. I have included my customary 2 color choices of sepia toned and black and white.

There is a uniformed man wearing a monocle seated at the table just behind our two ladies. I find him a little bit comical, don't you?
:)

The two close friends obviously are discussing something received by the one in writing. They are both very engaged in what they are doing, aren't they? The sun shines down through the branches of the trees surrounding the tables. What a lovely place for taking tea with a good friend! Perhaps these two are creating a little memory together in that pleasant place to recall again someday.

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PPSColorMe™ Two Close Friends Having Tea

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