From vintage advertisements to drawings of animals, silhouettes, and old-time children, we offer a wealth of fine-quality illustrations of people and other everyday items.
Recommendations... |  |  Weapons and Armor
by Harold M. Hart
Pictorial arsenal of war-making instruments offers over 1,400 royalty-free illustrations of battle-axes, bows & arrows, cannons, catapults, clubs, daggers, handguns, tanks, suits of armor, helmets, much more.
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 860 Old-Time Silhouettes
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Comprehensive, immensely useful archive selected from 19th-century sources. Covers men, women, children, music, food and drink, military, animals, many other categories. Largest source of copyright-free silhouette designs available.
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 Lively Advertising Cuts of the Twenties and Thirties: 1,102 Illustrations of Animals, Food and Dining, Children, etc.
by Leslie Cabarga, Marcie McKinnon
Period graphics cover wide variety of topics: amusements, children’s activities, women’s fashions, domestic and barnyard animals, eating, drinking, many more.
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| |  Snow Crystals
by W. A. Bentley, W. J. Humphreys
Over 2,000 clear photomicrographs printed on black background of snow crystals. Also frost, rime, hail, and more. Brief text on methodology of research. Absolutely inexhaustible source of design. 202 plates.
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Products in General Illustrations (People and Things) | | |  | 1,337 Spot Illustrations of the Twenties and Thirties
by Leslie Cabarga, Marcie Cabarga
More than 1,300 distinctive, well-designed royalty-free cuts in a wide variety of categories: men, women, animals, transportation, many more. Add period flavor to any graphic project.
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|  | 1001 Cartoon-Style Illustrations
by J. I. Biegeleisen, Dave Ubinas
Invaluable treasury of lighthearted scenes of sports, leisure-time activities, circuses and carnivals, trades and professions, travel and geographic landmarks, whimsical renderings of flowers, plants and gardening, national and religious holidays, much more.
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|  | 1001 Spot Illustrations of the Lively Twenties
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Authentic Jazz Age motifs include dashing playboys, frolicking flappers, and other period images, all arranged by categories that include food and drink, gambling, art, shopping, crime, music, romance, sports, and more.
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|  | 2,286 Traditional Stencil Designs
by H. Roessing
Masterfully executed designs in reproductions of two rare catalogs: ornamental borders, corners and frames with intricate floral and foliated patterns, architectural ornaments and design elements, religious symbols and figures, much more.
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|  | 2001 Decorative Cuts and Ornaments
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Authentic 19th- and 20th-century royalty-free graphics: human and animal figures, music and dance, florals, geometrics, much more.
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|  | 3,800 Early Advertising Cuts
by Deberny Type Foundry
Virtually inexhaustible supply of royalty-free graphics of timeless appeal, reproduced from turn-of-the-century French type foundry catalog. Food, drink, vehicles, machines, sports, music, much more.
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|  | 3200 Old-Time Cuts and Ornaments
by Blanche Cirker
Royalty-free pictures from 1909 French typography catalog: plants, animals, religious motifs, music, carriages, boats, sports, furniture, clothing; plus borders, banners, wreaths, and other ornaments. Over 3,200 black-and-white illustrations.
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| | 860 Old-Time Silhouettes
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Comprehensive, immensely useful archive selected from 19th-century sources. Covers men, women, children, music, food and drink, military, animals, many other categories. Largest source of copyright-free silhouette designs available.
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| |  | Advertising Spot Illustrations of the Twenties and Thirties: 1,593 Cuts
by Leslie Cabarga
Lively collection of royalty-free spots for commercial artists dramatizes a host of enterprises: business, communications, education, industry, construction, transportation, legal and healthcare services, sports, travel, entertainment, and much more.
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|  | Albinus on Anatomy
by Robert Beverly Hale, Terence Coyle
All 80 of the great 18th-century descriptive anatomist's original copperplate engravings, containing over 230 individual illustrations, of the muscles and bones of the human body are rendered individually and in related groups from varying perspectives.
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|  | The American Revolution : A Picture Sourcebook
by John Grafton
This collection of more than 400 black-and-white illustrations forms a vivid view of the struggle for independence. Illustrations of every important battle are included, as well as facsimiles of major documents, portraits, and more.
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| |  | Animals in Motion
by Eadweard Muybridge
Nearly 4,000 photographs in series, stopped action, of horses, cats, lions, deer, kangaroos, etc. Indispensable for animal artists. Classic of 19th-century photography.
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|  | The Architectural Plates from the "Encyclopedie"
by Denis Diderot
From Diderot's 18th-century masterpiece: elegant renderings of architectural landmarks; drawings and plans for theaters, windmills, bridges, boats; renderings of palatial interiors and furnishings; scenes of 18th-century craftsmen at work in the building trades; more.
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| |  | Big Book of Silhouettes
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Over 1,700 charming images from rare sources: animals, children playing, couples embracing, men and women working, the human profile, much more. Attention-getting cuts for ads, newsletters, brochures, and art and craft projects.
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|  | Boydell's Shakespeare Prints: 90 Engravings
by John Boydell, Josiah Boydell
This impressive collection of engravings illustrates A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Measure for Measure, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and 26 other plays.
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|  | Children: A Pictorial Archive
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Over 850 versatile illustrations from rare sources depict youngsters playing with toys, dolls, and pets; riding bicycles, playing tennis, reading, sleeping, and engaged in other activities.
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|  | The Civil War: A Concise History and Picture Sourcebook
by John Grafton
More than 175 black-and-white illustrations from rare periodicals capture sweeping drama of the conflict, from opening shots fired upon Fort Sumter in 1861 to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox in 1865.
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