24 Vintage Ephemera Script

Today we have a beautiful collection of  Vintage Ephemera Script! The images featured below are amazing assorted script graphics. The handwriting is extraordinary. We have a few poems; one mentions Angels, Cupids, and even Fairies. There are letters and postcards. Included below is even a handwritten Opera music piece of ephemera. All are nice background pictures to use in your craft or Mixed Media Collage Projects. I think this would look great in a Travel themed Junk Journal too! I think there are so many possibilities with this collection. Fun!!

Vintage Ephemera Handwritten Poems

Click HERE for the Full Size Printable of the Night PoemClick HERE for the Full Size Printable of the Night Poem in Black and White

This is a fabulous piece of Halloween Ephemera! This amazing Handwritten poem with the title of  “Night” is from an old pre-civil war ladies autograph book. The book was filled with handwritten sentiments for the owner. Given the title, I thought this one would be very useful for Halloween Collages or DIY projects! There are two versions available, the original aged sepia toned image at top and a black and white option below. I hope you will find many uses for this hauntingly lovely set of ephemera.

This is a gorgeous piece of antique Ephemera entitled ‘Power of Song Poem!!’ How awesome that title? The lovely aged piece comes from the same old autograph/friendship book as the piece above. This page is an amazing handwritten poem with lovely calligraphy style writing. Don’t you wish someone would write a poem for you? Make sure you enlarge this one and read the words.

Here we have a beautiful Paris Letter with Stamp Ephemera! The letter has gorgeous handwriting and a fancy signature. I love the flourishes especially. A lovely brownish sepia toned French stamp is in the bottom corner. This wonderful antique ephemera piece dates to 1890.

This is a gorgeous fragment of antique handwritten sheet music! It says that it is a score from a ‘Potpourri Opera.’ Not at all sure what that means, but it is such a sweet little piece of ephemera. The writing coupled with the lovely sepia tones make this so versatile.

This next one is a writing sample from an text book. It’s demonstrating out to write a promissory note. Such beautiful handwriting!
This next one was sent to me, to share with you guys, years ago by Cher Lashley. Isn’t it marvelous?! It’s faded to the most glorious olive green color and I love the rustic distressed top edge on this one. And the handwriting is lovely of course.

Click HERE for the Full Size Printable PDF of the Old French Blue Document

Next up some more wonderful French Clip Art! Shown above is an Old French Document, it looks like it may be a Ledger Page. It has fabulous fancy Handwriting on it, and lots of Vintage Numbers. Love the faded blue color!

And here we have a Vintage Elegant Pink Calling Card Graphic! This is just a beautifully designed calling card with lovely script lettering for B. L. Wright of Troy Street, Canton, Pa. The card is light pink with a darker tiny pink scroll and fleur de lis design repeating over the background. The edges of the card are rounded.

This sweet little piece is dated 1845. It’s from the front of an old book. It’s a simple piece but the handwriting is so elegant and lovely!

Script Ephemera Postcards

Isn’t this a charming Old Script Handwriting Postcard! The Fancy Script handwriting on this cream postcard is beautiful. In the upper corner there is a red rubber stamp postmark with some large dark letters over it.

Here is the latest addition to this collection. This one is from an old Autograph book in my collection. I loved the blue paper and the interesting message to Eddie! It’s dated 1880.

Ornate Ephemera Script Samples

This one is from a fantastic set of French Cards from the 1860’s! Each card shows a stunning sample of either Spencerian Script, Typography or Monograms. Such a treasure, I’ve never seen anything like this in my 20 years of dealing with Antiques, so I think it may be quite rare! I’m told that these came from an Estate, in which the owner had owned an Antique Store in Philadelphia that closed down in the 1950’s! I love the lettering on the word Paris at the bottom.

And here is another one from the same collection as the one above. This one has a lovely Spencerian, or Pen Flourishing, Frame! I have no idea what the writing says, perhaps some of our French friends will help us out with the translation. The card is so beautiful, but I also loved the frame on it’s own, I think it would be wonderful for Wedding Stationery!

And here is another. This one has Napoleon Bonaparte’s name done all in script. Beautiful and fun for your French themed Collages or Junk Journals.

This is a really wonderful piece from my dear Italian friend Daniela at Verde Salvia Blog. Years ago she shared several beautiful early treasures from her collection with me, to post on this blog. This is a wonderful early piece of Ephemera from Italy.

This is another beautiful Italian Treasure also from Daniela’s collection. I adore the ornate engraved frame on this one and the theater mask at the top of the piece and artist’s palette at the bottom!

Alphabet Script Calligraphy Practice Sheets

This is another page from the wonderful 1890’s antique letter writing book! I just think this is the most delicious piece of Ephemera. The page includes, a block at the top showing the Alphabet done in beautiful penmanship writing, next is a poem, and then an address with part of a letter written out.

And one more from our friend Daniela. This one might be my favorite of the Italian pieces that she shared! Here we see 2 fantastic Spencerian Fish, or perhaps they are Sea Monsters, framing up a beautiful series of Alphabets.

This one is from my Antique Spencerian Script book. It’s a guide to show how much to Slant Letters.
And from the same book, I believe this one is teaching spacing. It has 2 cute rulers on the page.

Monogram Script

This last one is from an Antique Monogram Book. The engraved lettering is so incredibly ornate! Wouldn’t these be beautiful on silver pieces or towels. Showy!

I hope you enjoyed this fun curated collection of  Vintage Ephemera Script! Check out more of these beautiful types of pieces in our Old Paper Textures Collection HERE.