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bits and pieces of antique French handwriting / calligraphy, letters, documents and ephemera from the 19th Century, isolated over a white  background, cut out retro journaling or collage design elements
Old vintage manuscript writing in cursive
Overhead view of a vintage journal open-wide with a calligraphy dedication on one of its pages,  on top of old scattered letters from the beginning of the 20th century.
Old postcards with handwritten text
The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. The Proclamation immediately freed 50,000 slaves from the shackles of slavery.
Vintage handwriting on old paper, 1880s, 19th Century
Macro Photograph of the John Hancock Signature
This image features two blank pages of an old, vintage book or manuscript. The pages show signs of aging, with a slight imprint of faded ink bleeding through from the opposite side. The texture is rough and worn, giving the image an authentic antique feel. The center binding is visible, highlighting the book's traditional stitching. Perfect for themes related to history, literature, antiquities, and vintage paper textures
A receipt for a domestic coal delivery of ‘3 bags of house coal’ costing six shillings (£0.6s.0d), dated 1935. (All identifying details removed.)
Vintage paper with Arabic script writing
Authentic 1917 ledger
One of the longest and most elaborate surviving graffiti texts from the town, and may be the only known love poem from one woman to another from the Latin world.\nScratched into the wall of the hallway of house six (b) of insula nine, in region nine of the town\n\nPOEM : O utinam liceat collo complexa tenere\u2028braciola et teneris oscula ferre label(l)is\u2028i nunc, ventis tua gaudia, pupula, crede\u2028crede mihi levis est natura virorum\u2028saepe ego cu(m) media vigilare(m) perdita nocte\u2028haec mecum medita(n)s: multos Fortuna quos supstulit alte,\u2028hos modo proiectos subito praecipitesque premit.\u2028sic Venus ut subito coiunxit corpora amantum\u2028dividit lux et se...\nTranslation : Oh, if only I could hold your little arms wrapped around my neck\u2028and press kisses to your tender little lips.\u2028Go then, little doll, trust your happiness to the winds.\u2028Believe me, the nature of men[c] is fickle.\u2028Often I would lie awake, lost in the middle of the night,\u2028Thinking to myself: many whom Fortune has lifted up high,\u2028those, suddenly hurled away/abandoned and falling headlong, she then oppresses.\u2028So too, after Venus has unexpectedly joined the bodies of lovers,\u2028daylight divides them and...\nPhoto composition
Vintage style paper texture background for decoupage crafting scrapbooking
Old vintage handwriting, original, 1825, name, William Wigson, 19th Century ephemera
Signature of Abraham Lincoln on the Gettysburg address
An examination entrance fee receipt slip from a college of technology dated 13th February 1978, for £7.00. The subject was Human Biology / Economic History and the exam was to be taken in the summer of the same year. The examinee was presumably an adult. (All identifying details have been removed.)
Manuscript, drawings, inscriptions by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1893
Photograph of the bottom  of the Declaration of Independence centered on the most famous signature in American history
Old yellowed antique vintage handwritten letter background with selective focus
Close-up of some of the  signatures on the Declaration of Independence.
Vintage elements of paper banknotes.Bonistics.Fragment of 2 US dollar banknote for design purpose. United States of America
Handwriting in diary 1916
An old, historical stamp duty stamp
Vintage book ownership plate, This book is the property of.. 1890s, Victorian 19th Century
Tight shot of the famous signature of John Hancock on the Declaration of Independence that was signed on July 4th, 1776. Other signatures viable are members of the Maryland delegation. This document lead to the War for Independence or Revolutionary war between the colonists and England.
A certificate, dated 1958, confirming that a patient is suitable for gas and air analgesia (during labour). All identifying details removed.
antique document, deed in 1920
Pavement with warning to safe water because water cost dollars!
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