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…
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Shamrock Clip Art Illustration
Here is an encyclopedia clipping on the shamrock, a plant usually identified with the white clover, and always thought of in connection with Ireland, of which it is the national emblem. A familiar poem says: It shines through the bog, through the brake and the mireland, And he called it the dear little shamrock of…
Nightingale Bird Clip Art Illustration
Here is an encyclopedia clipping on the nightingale bird. The bird is described as: being a small bird of the thrush family, plain in appearance and shy in habits, but having a song of the sweetest quality, often heard at night… The nightingale is a bird of Western and Central Europe. It is about six…
Hot Air Balloon Free Vintage Graphics
This antique encyclopedia page includes a definition for the word “BALLOON”. An illustration of a hot air balloon is included. I’ve scanned the following page as well, which includes the remainder of the lengthy definition for balloon. Here is a black and white clip art version of the balloon. Click on images to enlarge. I scanned…
Head Skull Clip Art
This vintage encyclopedia article features a description for the HEAD and includes an illustration of a human skull. The skull is numbered to show the location of the following: 1. frontal bone; 2. parietal; 3. temporal; 4. sphenoid; 5. ethmoid; 6. superior maxillary; 7. malar; 8. lachrymal; 9. nasal; and 10. inferior maxillary. Here is…
Apple Description and Clip Art
Here are two pages from an antique encyclopedia that include the description for Apple, a popular fall fruit. I thought the aged pages might be useful for junk journals or scrapbooking. Here is a black and white clip art version of the branch of apples illustration from the first page. Click on images to enlarge….
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…
