CC0 Public Domain Harper's Magazine Christmas Cover

 

 

CC0 Public Domain Harper's Magazine Christmas Cover

This Public Domain Christmas Image features
a Little black and white dog walking down the sidewalk and
a Lady dressed in a Red Coat with a black fuzzy neckline.
The woman is keeping her hands worm in hand cozzy.
She is walking alongside a shop window with a
Christmas Wreath hung in the window.

Colors are Red, Green, Black, & Yellow

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Public Domain Vintage Image Preparations for Christmas

 Public Domain Vintage Image Preparations for Christmas

This vintage Christmas image shows a woman and a girl
decorating a Christmas Tree with ornaments.
The girl is carrying a tray of Christmas decorations and
some of them appear to have fallen onto the floor.

The subtitle of this antique artwork is
"Redfern Afternoon Dress"; it was originally in a
fashion magazine published in France in 1914.

Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

Woman in a Blue coat sitting on a chair

 

 

Woman wearing Blue - sitting in a chair

 

Here is something to add a little color to your junk journals and ephemera.
The original painting is a watercolor.
It features a woman wearing a Blue top sitting in a chair.
She appears to be working on a project of fabric, perhaps knitting or cross-stitch.
There is Blue along the bottom of the image to "tie" the whole painting together.
Notice how the chair and the color of her cheek also match!
This image has many colors without any individual color standing alone
or distracting from the full image.

 

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Bookplate of a Fan with Colonial Dames of America on Ribbon

 

 

Bookplate Shaped like a fan with ribbon.

 This bookplate shows a folding fan with a flowing ribbon.
Written in the ribbon are the words "Colonial Dames of America".

With a some photo editing the words can be removed or replaced to make a nice nameplate.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carousel Woman

Carousel Woman

Some carousels had large steam whistles; called calliope,
hidden inside figures such as this well balanced lady.
She will also go well with a Circus theme.

Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero

Lady Reading Framed with Flowers

 

Lady Reading Framed with Flowers

 Music, Books, & New-year's 1903
This appears to be a poster ad.
It feature a woman reading a book, she is surrounded with a frame of flowers.

The flowers through her hair unify the image so that the
frame of flowers does not distract by standing out on its own.
A stringed musical instrument and music sheets are along the bottom.
There are hints of the New-year with stars and hints of
Christmas with round bulb-like circles.

A dreamy, fantasy feeling is created with her hair flowing in the breeze.
Her clothing repeats the silky flowing movement.
Bookmarks hanging down and the strings below that hang from the instrument
give the mind the illusion that the stars between are hanging from the sky.

 Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

 

 

 

$36 Red Ink Postage Stamp

$36 Red Postage Stamp

This red postage stamp was printed in 1879.

It was a made for publishers to be able to send periodicals and newspapers
in bulk up to 500 miles; at two cents per pound,
as long as the publication was issued at least once a week.

For more information on using images of U.S. Postage Stamps
Visit The Smithsonian National Postal Museum's FAQ
See: Can I Use Stamp Images?

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/frequently-asked-questions

and also Smithsonian's Term's of Use
See: Using the Content
https://www.si.edu/termsofuse

Source:
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
2 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

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Butcher delivering meat on horseback

 

Butcher delivering meat on horseback

 I'm curious why the butcher's horse has no tail hair.
Maybe the horse stays in a small stall.
Maybe the horse wore it off slapping at flies.
The saddle rack for carrying meat is also interesting.
It appears to be designed so the butcher doesn't have to dismount to make a meat delivery.
It is probably in front of him so he can protect it from any dogs that might want a free sample :)

 Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom
©: listed as Public Domain CC mark 1.0
CC Mark 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Vintage ad with Dancing Girls

 Five Dancing Girls Vintage Ad 

 This antique / vintage ad was the front piece of a card advertising dog biscuits.
The ad served as a learning card for a musical term.
Since the card was about something of interest to potential customers
(educating their children in the finer points of music);
the back of the card advertising dog biscuits would have a good chance of being noticed.

The musical term for this card is "Decrescendo" - A decrease in loudness of a piece of music.
The memory aid is a dancing line that starts with a woman and decreases in height with girls that are smaller and smaller until the line ends with two little kitties with the cat at the end being the smallest.

 Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom
©: listed as Public Domain CC mark 1.0
CC Mark 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

A Lady and a Dog Standing Next to Each-other

 

A Lady Standing Next to Her Dog

 This would make an interesting tag ephemera as well as a page print for junk journals.

 Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Art Nouveau Four Women in Four Seasons

 

 Art Nouveau Women in Four Seasons

A true Art Nouveau print.
Four panels show Women in Four Seasons.
This would look great on a fold out piece with each panel separate.
Panels will also work as four different bookmarks tucked inside a junk journal.

 Source: The Art Institute of Chicago
©: Listed as Open Access, Public Domain with CC0 license

Drawing of Lady Holding a Flower

Standing Lady Holding a Flower
(CC0 / Public Domain)

The image above is taken from the original below.

Source: The Art Institute of Chicago
©: Listed as Open Access, Public Domain with CC0 license

 

 

Spoiled Cat Being Fed by a Woman

Woman Sitting with a Cat nearby

A Lady of refinement is seated indoors. She is feeding an overweight Cat.
The image is is Black and White with touches of Light Blue.

   This image works well with
Woman Sitting in Garden with a Little Dog

Source: The Art Institute of Chicago
©: Listed as Open Access, Public Domain with CC0 license

Woman Sitting in Garden with a Little Dog

 

Woman Sitting in Garden with a Dog

This picture has nice soft Blue colors and background.
It is a nice image for Ephemera and Cards because the image can still be seen clearly when printed in those sizes.

 It will go well with
Spoiled Cat Being Fed by a Woman

Source: The Art Institute of Chicago
©: Listed as Open Access, Public Domain with CC0 license

Two Women in Classical Dress

Two Women in Classical Dress

Two Women wearing Classical Dress with a light brown background.
This would be nice printed on brown paper.
You could remove the frame and fade the edges out to blend it into the brown colors of your paper.

Source: National Gallery of Art
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license

Music Calming the Kings of Beasts

 

 Music Calming the Kings of the Beasts

Three Lions are laying down - listening intensely to the
Music of a Girl - who is sitting down -
leaning against a tree - and playing a Flute.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Silhouette of a Horse-drawn Carriage with Women and Soldiers

 

Silhouette of Women in a Horse drawn Carriage with Soldiers.

You can make something similar to this if an image has a good outline.

First Convert a picture to black and white. 

Then try alternatively using the Paint Bucket Tool, the Eraser Tool, and the Pencil Tool until you get a crisp outline.

 When you choose the eraser and pencil tools pick options with crisp edges and put the opacity at 100 percent.

 

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Dancing, Visiting, and their Cat

Dancing, Visiting, and their Cat

This long banner has several images that can be separated out for use to 

make a connecting theme through a project. Some examples are included below.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Some Samples of Images Included in the above Photo
(also under CC0 / Public Domain)

 

Woman Standing Next to a Lion

Woman Standing next to a Lion

This Image is from a book at The Smithsonian Institution.

This could easily be cropped and used for Ephemera, Junk Journals, or as Fantasy Art.

The book and artwork are listed on Smithsonian's site as being in the 

Public Domain under the CC0 copyright license.