You can’t get much more vintage than 1651. This floral drop cap frame is over 360 years old. Add any letter in the font of your choice for a custom look.

Fez is such a pretty and stately looking cat. This vintage white sitting cat drawing is in the public domain and free to download from Reusable Art.

Charming drawing of mother and daughter sewing together. Dates back to a 1907 book on Hungarian folklore.

A pretty, repeating background image. A page-sized green leaf endpaper image from 1907.

Vintage Wilson’s phalarope nest drawing from 1882. Public domain bird drawing featuring a bird and his nest with 4 eggs.

Circles upon circles surrounded by circles in this circle medallion from 1875. A somewhat simple design but one that looks pretty cool to me.

Vintage barn birdhouse drawing from a book published by the USDA. Two-story barn with porches; a home for 12 martin pairs. Black and white line drawing.

Waiting for Santa. A sweet vintage Clapsaddle postcard with two little ones desperately trying to catch Santa. One’s already asleep the other is yawning.

Evening dress in 1881 featuring a bodice and jacket pattern from a fashion magazine. The idea of sewing something like this makes me absolutely cringe.

A charming little, black and white drawing of a trio of kids fishing. The fishing pole is three times the size of the children. So fun.

Vintage sunflower drawing from 1888 with a slight editorial assist by ReusableArt. Beautiful large yellow flower on a green leafy stem.

Vintage brussels sprouts drawing. It’s from a magazine from 1867 and in the public domain. B/W drawing of plant with sprouts ready for picking.

Vintage metal wheelbarrow drawing from 1861. A great black and white illustration to use with your own art and creative projects.

Spooky, yet charming black cat face drawing for Halloween. A great piece to add a little feline charm to your holiday projects.

Vintage advertising image from 1867. Universal Wringer clothes washer from when doing laundry meant turning a crank to squeeze the water out of the clothes.

Vintage bee engraving from an advertisement for a beekeeping book. It’s from 1867, so, it’s fully in the public domain.

Sweet little, vintage drawing of a sunset over water with seagulls and a sailboat.

I love the sound of the bassoon. And hopefully, you’ll love the public domain bassoon drawing I have to share with you. Wonderfully vintage and PD too!

Such a pretty face in this vintage mermaid drawing from 1888. She is busily tending her hair whilst riding the waves of the sea.

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This fellow is copied from the Bayeux Tapestry. The vintage Norman Armor drawing features the fashion of armor from the time. I like the cartoonish look of it.

Vintage botanical jack in the pulpit drawing. These fascinating plants have a number of different names for the species identified as Arum maculatum.

Kindergarten. What a fun time for children. They learn so much, while having fun. This schoolroom drawing depicts a bit of everything they get to explore.

Black and white vintage turtle skeleton drawing from a French natural history encyclopedia. It’s the work of Jean-Charles Chenu and was published in 1856.

A little girl examines and umbrella in this vintage drawing.

Vintage black and white carriage drawing from a wonderful book all about time and timepieces.

Small vintage drawing of a penny-farthing or high wheel bicycle.

Vintage locomotive drawing and advertising image from 1853. Clearly an engraving, this public domain train image would be great as a rubber stamp image.

Vintage fig tree drawing from 1867. This black and white, public domain drawing is full of fruit and standing tall.

Quite the sweet drop cap letter is this one. Vintage letter Q image with a white letter on a black background with leaves, vines and a central flower.

Vintage Washington Map from a 1911 encyclopedia. It has the distinction of being the only state named for a former president.