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Colourful Vintage Anatomy Posters and Classroom Charts

claire — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:04:33 +0000

Colourful, curious, and a little quirky, these vintage anatomy posters come from old health books, classroom charts, and movable anatomical manikins. Featuring illustrations linked to Levi Yaggy and F. E. Bilz, they’re full of that wonderful Victorian and Edwardian schoolroom charm. There’s something wonderfully quirky about old anatomy charts. They were made to explain the...

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Fun Vintage Halloween Ephemera: Ads, Witches, Ghosts & More

claire — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:57:36 +0000

Vintage Halloween ephemera has something wonderfully odd about it. A strange witch on a magazine page, a grinning black cat, or a red devil being used to advertise something completely ordinary is often far more interesting than modern Halloween graphics. For this collection, I’ve gathered over 30 vintage Halloween images, including old postcards, magazine pages,...

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Fascinating Vintage Paper Models to Print

claire — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:03:21 +0000

A colourful collection of 37 vintage paper models to print, including buildings, people, planes, ships, cars and more. These charming old cut-out sheets are part artwork, part toy and part tiny engineering project. There is something wonderfully clever about old paper model sheets. What starts as a flat page covered in walls, wheels, people and...

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Quirky Vintage Trades & Professions Prints by Martin Engelbrecht

claire — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:51:46 +0000

If you've ever wondered what a baker would look like dressed entirely in loaves of bread or a clockmaker wearing clocks from head to toe, you're in for a treat! This wonderfully quirky collection of 18th-century prints by Martin Engelbrecht features men and women transformed into walking advertisements for their trades. Every figure is cleverly...

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