Here is a vintage clip art image of a skeleton of man. The illustration is from Hooker’s Illustrated Natural History by Worthington Hooker, M.D. The book was published in 1864. Click on image to enlarge.
Halloween
Oxalic Acid Poison Label ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage poison label for Oxalic Acid that was printed for Case’s Drug Store. The label includes an illustration of a skull and cross bones in the upper left corner. The antidote for this poison was carbonate of soda, potash, lime, magnesia, chalk, calcined magnesia, followed by demulcent drinks, white of egg or…
Vintage Graveyard Scene ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a dark and spooky graveyard scene. There are graves with tombstones in the foreground and silhouettes of Victorian men and horse drawn carriages in the background; heading toward what I assume is a mausoleum. This vintage illustration is from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill, 1886. Click on image to…
Hanging Spider ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage illustration features a large spider hanging by its web from a branch. The image is from Hooker’s Illustrated Natural History by Worthington Hooker, M.D. The book was published in 1864. Here is a black and white clip art version of the hanging spider. Click on images to enlarge.
Vintage Hydrochloric Acid Label ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage pharmaceutical label for Diluted Hydrochloric Acid that was printed for McAdams & Morford Wholesale Druggists in Lexington, KY. Click on image to enlarge
Bat Skeleton ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage image of a bat skeleton. I thought this might work well for your Halloween projects. The illustration is from Hooker’s Illustrated Natural History by Worthington Hooker, M.D. The book was published in 1864. Here is a black and white clip art version of the bat skeleton. Click on images to enlarge.
Vampire Bat ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a short article, from an antique book, about Vampire Bats. The article states that the Vampire Bat of South America measures two or three feet from tip to tip of the wings. It lives by sucking blood from different animals, which it does while they are asleep, and commonly without awaking them. Included…
Vintage Pumpkin ~ Free Clip Art
This vintage clipping provides some brief information about pumpkins and an illustration of a pumpkin placed on its side. Along with other details, the article states that young pumpkins can be used as a vegetable and when ripe they form a valuable esculent for soups and pumpkin pies. My original scan is from Beeton’s New Dictionary…
Vintage Blue Stone Poison Label ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage poison label for Blue Stone that was printed for the C. Erhard & Son Druggists company. The antidote for this poison was to drink large quantities of milk and white of eggs in water followed terrocyaniade of Potash given freely. Click on image to enlarge.
Elegant Victorian Spooky House ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a clip art image of an elegant Victorian house. I think this house would work well as a spooky or haunted house for your Halloween projects. The illustration is from Our Homes and Their Adornments by Almon C. Varney, 1882. Click on image to enlarge.
Bones Dictionary Page and Clip Art ~ Free Graphics
This vintage dictionary page includes definitions for words such as: bone, boning, bonito and bonnet. Also included on the page is wonderful diagram of the bones in the human body. The page is from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906. Here is a clip art version of the skeletal image from…
Pumpkin Girl ~ Free Halloween Image
Happy Halloween! Here is a vintage Whitney Halloween postcard that features a pumpkin girl visiting the grave of Jack O’ Lantern. An owl and a crow are perched on Jack’s headstone and a black cat is peering out from behind. A spider has spun a web on the upper right corner of the headstone and…
