Valentine Heart Faces (Weird Wednesday)

It's "Weird Wednesday" (the day when I occasionally, if I get around to it, post weird vintage, public domain illustrations that I come across) and Valentine's Day is almost here. So what better way to celebrate it than with a weird image of two hearts with faces. There is a man's face on a heart, and a woman's face in profile on a heart. The woman's face/heart overlaps the man's. She almost looks like she's about to kiss his nose? They are looking into each others eyes and maybe it is supposed to be very romantic, but the image to me just ends looking a bit odd. But odd and quirky can be good things.

The female heart originally had text filling her heart, so you could add your own text there if you want.

What creative uses could you put this image to?

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Man with Present and Wreath Illustration

Here is an old, black and white illustration of a man wearing a tie and a long coat, braving the winter snow holding a present and a wreath in one hand while holding his hat onto his head with another.



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Man and Woman Reading a Paper

This is one of my favorite images I have come across in my hunt for vintage images. It is of a retro style man and woman holding and reading a paper. The woman has a rose in her well coiffed hair. The paper they are reading provides a nice "frame" or sign for sales messages and announcements or whatever else you can some up with. I think it's very versatile.

I liked this image so much that not only did I clean it up, I "vectorized" it so it has nice, crisp clean lines. I am providing a small version of this for free, in png format. It's 365 x 500 pixels at 100 dpi. 

However, if you want a much larger version (300 dpi image, 2188 pixels wide by 3000 pixels high) then you can purchase it here. 

Man In Garden Black and White Illustration Clipart

Here is an illustration from the year 1915 of a man in a garden with a watering can planting seeds. Behind him you can see a fence and trees and clouds in the sky. He seems pretty dressed up to be gardening to me, wearing a waistcoat, tie and hat ... but maybe you would plant seeds wearing that back then?

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Funny Marathon Runner B&W Clipart

Here is a funny looking illustration of a mustached man running. If I remember right, the article it was from said this illustration was of a marathon runner from England. I do know that it came from the year 1908.





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Halloween Couple Dancing

This illustration from 1920 seems to be of a couple wearing costumes dancing at a party. She is wearing a witches hat with a pom pom on the top and he is a (pardon my ignorance if I am wrong) a musketeer or buccaneer?






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Finger Pointing Clip Art

Black and white illustrations of a man's hand pointing its finger are very common...but they are also very useful in so many applications and somehow I think they are just Fun! I think they remind me of those animations from Monty Python. They are great for signage, but also invitations, flyers, funny messages and so much more.

So here's one more pointing finger in the public domain to use as clip art, adding to all those already out there for you to choose from. This image has a resolution of 99ppi.

Interested in a vector version of this hand? Check out my clip art store here.

I'm sure I'll be adding more of these sort of hands to this blog in the future.



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Cartoon Newsboy - Public Domain Clip Art

Got news to announce? Here is a cartoon newsboy with newspapers in hand and an excited expression on his face to help announce that special moment, idea, or what have you to your friends, family, or the world. This urchin of the streets has character and spunk, don't you think?

Here also is the original version which shows the newsie talking to an elderly gentleman with a long beard, spectacles, hat and an umbrella. (I've removed the original text beneath, that with the slang and context of events of the time would probably have little meaning to modern readers...I could barely make heads or tales of it. To be honest I've found I often don't understand the jokes and cartoons from the early 1900s. With the text removed you can easily add your own captions anyway.)

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The Sheep and the Shepherd

I have gotten a bit behind in my posting more public domain images from this old children's reader I have. So here is a pretty detailed, black and white illustration of a shepherd and sheep, with scenery of bushes, trees and a cloud filled sky in the background.







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Father and Son Fishing Trip Clipart

A man and a boy, perhaps father and son. The man wearing a hat carries a bamboo fishing rod over his shoulder and a basket on his other arm. The boy wears a sailor / school boy like outfit and holds a straw hat in one hand. A sail boat is in the far distance.

I can see someone crafty using this image to create a Father's Day card.

This image is from a book published in 1909 and thus is in the Public Domain.






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