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Free Vintage Illustrations of Ice Cream Treats from a 1922 Trade Journal
Who wants ice cream for breakfast? I do! I found an old vintage Ice Cream trade journal from 1922, and it was packed with awesome antique advertisements for commercial Ice Cream Makers, advertising services for Ice Cream distributors, and various Ice Cream brands, flavors, sundaes, and cones. There were like 3 Neapolitan bar ads! Needless …
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Free Vintage Illustrations of Classic Victorian Santa Claus
The Victorian era sure knew how to celebrate Christmas. Many of the antique Christmas illustrations I curate and collect come from this particular time period because so much media was produced. The late 1880s also popularized the activity of sending festive Christmas cards to loved ones and soon there were more unique Christmas illustrations and …
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Free Antique Christmas Graphics and Typography from 1943
I came across an awesome vintage find while searching for Christmas-themed illustrations. I was hoping to stumble upon some antique commercial Christmas graphics at some point and found these great vintage graphics and fonts from a Ludlow catalog. This catalog was originally distributed to publishers and printers and featured stylized garland, trees, retail templates, typography, …
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Free Vintage Color Illustrations of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Did you know that the original title of ‘Snow White’ was ‘Snow Drop?’ I learned some fun facts about one of my favorite fairytales while searching for antique examples of the book. This particular gallery features color illustrations from a 1913 version of this classic children’s book. These copyright-free images are in the public domain …
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Free Vintage Scientific Illustrations from 1883 Antique Science Journal
Every year, I see more and more homemade gifts and Christmas decor made from vintage scientific illustrations. Antique sketches of microscopes, fossils, canyons, and minerals are great for a wide range of gifts, like greeting cards, ornaments, fine art collages, wall art, book covers, printed fabric, and homemade books. I went to one of my …
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King Winter: Free Public Domain Christmas Book and Illustrations from 1859!
It’s the holiday season! And Free Vintage wishes you a warm and creative winter. Thanksgiving morning, while watching the Macy’s Day Parade, I got super excited about antique Christmas books. My archive nerd levels went off the charts. So to get the ball rolling on this season’s winter and Christmas-themed posts, I stumbled upon this …
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Vintage Illustrations from Twas’ the Night Before Christmas
And so it begins! It’s annual Christmas crafting time, and I can’t wait to start my series of antique holiday posts. This is FreeVintageillustration.com’s FIRST holiday season, so stay tuned for 1800’s German Christmas postcards, real Victorian holiday greetings, and more vintage Christmas book illustrations like the ones below. And speaking of, there are so …
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FREE Public Domain Illustrations of Paris
Enjoy these lovely vintage illustrations of Paris from the antique book “A Travers Paris.” These free vintage illustrations of Paris, France are in the public domain and can be used for a variety of projects, like blog posts, history projects, crafts, coloring books, invitations, and many more ideas. Plucked from the out of copyright book, …
Free Vintage Public Domain Illustrations of Red Meat, Seafood, and Poultry Dishes
Now I’m hungry! I just finished combing through the turn-of-the-century cookbook, “Mrs. Beeton’s Household Management”. Published in 1907, this antique cookbook comes packed with some really amazing color illustration plates of dinners, desserts, and appetizers. I came away with a lot of material, so stay tuned for more upcoming posts from this book. First up, …
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Tags: 20th century
Free Vintage Thanksgiving Illustrations for all Your Festive Projects!
Thanksgiving is almost upon us, so here I am continuing the next wave of Thanksgiving themed posts! This time, I come armed with more antique free vintage Thanksgiving greetings, postcards, and book illustrations. These make great materials for Thanksgiving decoupage projects, napkin fabric prints, coasters, greeting cards, Zazzle projects, and placemats. Find more DIY Thanksgiving …
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Gobble! Gobble! A Free Antique Thanksgiving Postcard for Your Crafts!
Okay It’s been a while, but I’m full of ideas AND new vintage scans for the upcoming holiday season. Ebay and the antique malls here in North Carolina have been good to me, and I’ve been finding all sorts of good stuff. Like this antique American-themed Thanksgiving card that came my way via ebay. You …
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Vintage Color Illustrations From The Emerald City of Oz
The following gallery are Neill’s color illustrations from the 1910 publication of “The Emerald City of Oz.” This book was heavily inspired by Baum’s stay in Coronado and one of the best Wizard of Oz gift shops can be found at Coronado’s Hotel Del. Being a San Diego native and Oz fan, I always thought …
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Free Vintage Christmas Illustrations in Color: From Vintage Children’s Books!
The holiday season is just around the corner. It’s a non-stop seasonal creating fest from Halloween to Valentine’s Day, so I’ve been sifting through digital public domain archives, bidding on vintage postcard lots on eBay, and going through my own vintage print collection to curate image galleries for the 2015 season. The holidays are full …
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Public Domain Spotlight: David Cory’s Children’s Stories PLUS Free Vintage Color Illustrations
I stumbled upon David’s Cory’s colorful 1920s children’s books while researching new vintage content. He’s penned such imaginative works as The Magic Soap Bubble, The Jumble Book, Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox, and The Little Jack Rabbit. All of which are represented in the vintage illustration gallery below! Cory was producing these stories around 1920 …
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Free Vintage Illustrations of Ducks and Ducklings
I recently took a part-time job at a fabric and craft store. Now I’m surrounded by even more inspiration for creative projects and this site. There are bolts of fabric prints that feature classic vintage illustrations in the public domain, plus racks of boxes, journals, and specialty craft paper printed with antique art. And after coming …
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