This page, titled SEA-SIDE AMUSEMENTS, is filled with a wonderful variety of seashells. There is another page of sea shells, that includes Figures 1 – 23, on my blog here. The page is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume II, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge. The following is a description of the figures:24. Tridacna squamosa (Lamarck)25….
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Vintage Anchor Magazine Ad ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage advertisement for Dwight Mfg. Co. Anchor Brand Sheets. The ad is from the February 1908 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a design combining the anchor with the circle from the ad. And a black and white clip art version of the anchor. Click on images to enlarge.
Boats of Various Climes ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage book plate titled Boats of Various Climes. The page includes illustrations of: a Chinese Junk, Indian Canoe, Dutch Fishing-Boat, Esquimaux Kayak, Dory, Modern Yacht, Catamaran, English Fishing-Boat, Motor Boat, Haida Indian Canoe, Thames Range, Venetian Gondola, and a Mediterranean Felucca. The art is by F. E. Wright. The page is from a dictionary in…
Vintage Crab Engraving ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage engraving of a crab. The scientific name for this type of crab is Cancer pagurus. The illustration is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume I, circa 1869. 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…
Large Goldfish in Aquarium ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage image features five large goldfish in an aquarium. A fly is sitting on the outside left of the glass. The image is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume III, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Beach Scene Card ~ Free Vintage Image
This Victorian card features a fun scene at the beach. In the foreground, a boy and girl are building a large sand castle with the help of wooden paddle shovels. In the distance, other children are playing and a man and woman are standing together on the shore. There are no bathing suits to be…
Sea-Side Amusements ~ Free Digital Printable
This page, titled SEA-SIDE AMUSEMENTS, is filled with a wonderful variety of seashells. I scanned the original from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume II, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge. The following is a list of the figures:1. Turitella Terebellata (Lamarck)2. Turitella Sanguinea (Reeve)3. Turitella Goniostoma4. Turbo Argyrostomus (Linnaeus)5. Turitella Angulata (sowerby)6. Turitella Replicata (Linnaeus)7. Pholos Dactylus…
Free Vintage Fish Images ~ Salmon and Carp
Here are two black and white clip art images of fish. The fish in the top image is a salmon; the fish in the lower image is a carp. These vintage images are from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume I, circa 1869. Click on images to enlarge.
At The Seaside Poem and Clip Art
This page includes the poem At The Seaside by Robert Louis Stevenson and an image of a boy at the beach. The boy has been digging holes in the sand with a wooden shovel and is now resting on a large rock as he looks out to sea. The page is from Child Life A First…
