This old magazine advertisement features a Hammond No. 2 Typewriter. The ad claims that the Hammond No. 2 writes in a straight line with uniform type impression, doing automatically what an experienced operator cannot accomplish on other machines. It offers the choice of 42 type styles and writes 14 languages with changes from one type…
Archives for July 17, 2014
Central Europe Vintage Geography Map ~ Free Digital Image
Here is an old map of central Europe. The countries included in full on this map are: France, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria Hungary, Bosnia, Servia, Roumania and Bulgaria. Parts of the following countries are also included: Spain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Turkey and Italy. The map is from one of a two-volume set of…
Victorian Ladies Summer Hats
Here is a page from a vintage ladies’ fashion magazine that includes five elegant and fancy Victorian hat styles for the Summer of 1900. The image is from the May 1900 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Cuttle-fish Octopus ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art image of a Cuttle-fish or octopus. An interesting tidbit of information I learned from the article in the book is that “the color called sepia comes from the Cuttle-fish. It is used by the animal for darkening the water with an inky cloud, that it may more easily escape…
