This printable reference book page describes a variety of book sizes, namely: a Folio, a long book; Quarto (4to) nearly square; Octavo (8vo), the general size; and Duodecimo (12mo), a small book. The standard size of book paper for a folio is 25 x 38 inches; half the sheet being 19 x 25 inches, which…
School Office Library
Races of Mankind
This illustration, titled Races of Mankind, is in response to a request from a blog reader. The illustration features a total of 33 peoples from a variety of five races: Mongolian, Caucasian, Malay, American and Ethiopian. The artist was F. E. Wright, and the image was copyrighted in 1910. The copyright is now expired. I…
Antique Book Pages
Here are two printable antique book pages that include ornamental design features. The first page features the title Practical and Ornamental Penmanship in elegant Victorian calligraphic typography, framed by several intricate ornamental designs. There is a detailed article about penmanship on the page. Here is a black and white clip art version of the beautiful…
Antique Dictionary Clippings
Here are four printable antique dictionary clippings. Each clipping includes the definition and an illustration. I have included a little extra space around the definition on each clipping. The first dictionary clipping is a camera. The second dictionary clipping is a landau. The third dictionary clipping is an orange. The fourth dictionary clipping is a…
Vintage Sample Writing Page
This free printable vintage sample writing page includes a handwritten alphabet in both uppercase and lowercase letters. Also included on the page are numbers one through nine, and zero, a variety of symbols such as a dollar sign, cent sign, percent sign, a check mark, question mark, exclamation mark and a few fractions. Two sample…
Letter Writing Vintage Clip Art
This vintage printable book page includes an article on letter writing and an illustration. The illustration features a stack of letters that is framed by plenty of swirls and flourishes all around. The top letter on the stack is addressed to Hill Standard Book Co., Publishers, Chicago. The illustrated postmark is addressed from Buffalo, N.Y.,…
Color Wheel Vintage French School Lesson
This vintage French book page features a children’s color wheel school lesson. The following illustration of a color wheel is from the page following the written portion of the lesson. Colors included on this wheel, with their corresponding French names, are: purple, yellow, blue, brown, red and green. I scanned the color wheel lesson and…
Antique Ledger Shabby Aged Book Pages
One of the items I purchased from our large, local annual antique show and sale two weeks ago was an antique ledger. Today I’m sharing four scanned pages from the ledger with you. The ledger belonged to a man named Augustus Terry Clarke. Because of references in the ledger to locations such as London, England,…
Vintage Hardware Catalog Book Pages
There is a variety of vintage hardware advertised on the following three catalog pages. The first page includes listings for box or truck casters, screen door catches, hinges and brackets, as well as a variety of screws, nails and tacks. The vintage hardware featured on the second catalog page includes: cupboard catches, cupboard drawer pulls,…
Vintage Arithmetic Book Pages
The seven vintage arithmetic book pages I’m sharing with you today are from a wonderful antique arithmetic book that was gifted to me by Renee of GTDesigns on Etsy. The arithmetic book is one of two antique books Renee sent to me. The book pages I scanned are from the book titled The New Business…
Vintage School Fashions for Children
This magazine page features an article on vintage school fashions for children for the fall of 1907. The article is titled For the School Days and includes an illustration of boys and girls, a total of five children, dressed in their charming new school clothes. Details below the illustration include: the size each pattern is…
Vintage School Reader Printable
This printable winter and Christmas lesson from a vintage school reader features the words: popcorn, always, brought, hole, box, saved, rubbed, smell, glad and best. The lesson tells a story of two small mice, named Frolic and Frisk, having a discussion about the school children who attend the school room where Frolic lives. While admiring…
