Archive for March, 2009

Vintage Printable: Hair, hairpieces, wigs

Sunday, 29 March 2009 06:00 Written by Swivelchair 0 Comments

Vintage illustration of hair styles, wigs, hairpieces, and related subjects.

design-apparel-dress

design-apparel

design-apparel-french-wigs

hairpieces-2

hairpieces-1

Design - Hair - the-five-orders-of-perriwig-as-they-were-worn-at-the-late-coronation-measured-architectonically

Design - Wig - the-invisible-ventilating-heads-of-hair

Design - Hair - Wigs and hairpieces - les-funestes-effets-de-la-coqueterie-gravure-satirique-contre-la-mode-des-coiffures-xviiie-siecle

To be continued. . .

Vintage illustrations: Butterflies are free

Friday, 27 March 2009 17:34 Written by Swivelchair 2 Comments

Here are  butterflies, moths, pupae and caterpillars.

Butterfly 9
Butterfly 7
Butterfly 6
Butterfly 5
Butterfly 4
Butterfly 3
Butterfly 2
Butterfly - red black
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-silkworm
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-group-1-scenic
Animal - butterfly - swallowtail-butterfly
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-style-2-red
Animal - butterfly - unicorn-hawk-moth-4-duncan-iii-nl
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-group-with-pupae
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-style-1-red
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-style-3-red
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-moth-blue
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-monarch-2
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-monarch-1
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-group-9-colorful
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-group-5-black-yellow-blue
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-group-7-blue-periwinkle
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-group-6-black-white
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-group-4-black-blue-white
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-group-2-black-yellow
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-group-8-yellow
Animal - butterfly - butterfly-group-3-yellow
Animal - butterfly - morpho_trojana_seitz1
Animal - butterfly - morpho_menelaus_seitz1
Animal - butterfly - morpho_centralis_seitz1
Animal - butterfly - ornithopteragoliathsupremusmale1
Papillon et chrisalide
Lizard catching a moth

Vintage Printable Images Communist Russian Posters and other reminders

Wednesday, 25 March 2009 06:00 Written by Swivelchair 1 Comment

I’m all for a financial system re-do, but just the same, here are some posters we may want to keep in mind:

russian-labor-poster2

russian-labor-poster

russian-cooperative-poster

russian-wheat-poster

russian-moustache-2

russian-moustache-1

russian-moustache-3

wpa-good-grades-good-habits-tuberculosis

wpa-foreign-trade-zone

Vintage Printable: Force Majeur Images For Contract Breakers

Tuesday, 24 March 2009 06:00 Written by Swivelchair 0 Comments

Here are some shipwrecks, volcanoes and other acts of God in case you are thinking of breaking a contract:

disaster-shipwreck-6

disaster-shipwreck-5

disaster-shipwreck-4

disaster-shipwreck-4

disaster-shipwreck-3

disaster-shipwreck-1

disaster-shipwreck-2

disaster-shipwreck-7

atmospheric-scene-6-lightening

See more in the Disaster Gallery.

Welcome to the Newly Re-done Vintage Printable

Sunday, 22 March 2009 21:55 Written by Swivelchair 0 Comments

Hello and welcome to the new Vintage Printable home. This blog will provide vintage scientific illustration and other public domain works. Please use the navigation tabs or the Page Links to the right to see the different galleries. There will be more and easier navigation options shortly.

Thank you for your patience, functionalities are still a bit off, but you should be able to download high resolution images by clicking through. For more information see the “About” page. Enjoy!

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