Here is an aged and shabby cover of a French pyrography booklet that was published in Paris in 1902. The text on the page is: TRAITE ELEMENTAIREDEPYROGRAPHIEDESSIN AU FEUDecoration artistique du Bois, de l’Os, de l’Ivoire,du Cuir, du Velours, etc.Sixieme MilleLEFRANC & CIEEDITEURS18, rue de Valois (1er Arr.)PARIS, 1902 Click on image to enlarge.
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Vintage Christmas Postcards ~ Catalogue Page
This vintage catalogue page encourages sending more post cards as an economical way to remember distant friend or relatives at Christmas time. The page includes a variety of Christmas post cards. Also for sale on this page was a post card album and a post card box for storing post cards. The page is from the 1916 Sears Roebuck…
Ornamental Typography ~ Free Vintage Graphic
Here is a beautiful sample of ornamental typography. The page is titled Specimen of Ornamental Lettering Showing Use of Old English Text. I scanned the original from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill. The book was published in 1886. The wording on this beautiful specimen of ornamental typography is: Fireman’s Herald,PRIZE.WHEREASTHE PUBLISHERS OF THEFireman’s Herald,OFNew…
Roman Numeral Clock
Here is a vintage catalog listing for an educational dial. The dial is a child’s clock that was 12″ in diameter, printed on thick cardboard, and was provided with movable steel hands. The numbers on the clock are Roman Numerals. The price of the clock was 25 cents in 1913. The ad is from the Northern School Supply Company Catalog,…
Ornamental Alphabets
Here are two pages of beautiful and elegant Victorian ornamental alphabets. All of the letters of our modern alphabet are included on the page titled New Ornamental Capitals but the “J” and “Z” are not included on the page titled Ornamental Initial Letters. The pages are from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill, 1886. Click…
Old English and Medieval Text
This aged page, from an antique book in my collection, includes three beautiful alphabets. They are: Old English Title Text, Old English Fancy Text and Medieval. Each of the wonderful old alphabets include both upper case and lower case formats. The page is from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill, 1886. Click on image to…
Tablet Arm Chairs
This vintage catalog listing includes two wooden tablet arm chairs. The chair on the left was made from oak. It cost $2.75 for one chair or $32.00 for a dozen chairs. The chair on the right was made from golden elm. It cost $1.90 for one chair or $21.80 per dozen. The ad is from the Northern School…
Free Vintage Clip Art School Book Pages
Here are a few aged and shabby book pages from a vintage school reader. The lessons are about a boy who has a bat, a ball, and a dog and a girl who has a doll and a cat. The lessons include printing and handwriting text and and illustrations of the boy, the bat, the…
Rubber Stamp Outfit
Here is a vintage catalog listing for a rubber stamp outfit. The set contained letters, figures, signs, inking pad, bottle of ink, guide strip and spacer. The price for the kit was $1.50 for letters 7/8” high and $3.50 for letters 1 1/2” high. The ad is is from the Northern School Supply Company Catalog, published in…
Beautiful Hand Bell ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This beautifully designed vintage hand bell is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Beauty Products ~ Free Printable Catalogue Page
This vintage catalogue page features a variety of beauty and hair supplies. Most of the products are for women; a few are for men. The items listed on the page are: Face Powder and Talcum Holder, Fancy Glass Puff Box, Decorated Glass Puff Box, Elite Powder Leaves for the Complexion, Pocket Book Toilet Case, Handy Toilet Box,…
Penmanship Handwriting Specimens ~ Free Printable Vintage Book Page
The title on this old book page is Specimens of Handwriting and featured on the page are several samples of penmanship. The names written on the page show the improvement, by home practice, of those following the self-teaching penmanship system as given in the book this page is from and also from Gaskell’s Compendium. The page…
