Category: Make

In the summer of 1909, a Pennsylvania newspaper offered its readers a simple but clever solution to a very real problem: how to protect a…

Here are instructions published in 1906 on how to make wooden stilts. After covering the Landes stilts, I felt that it was only appropriate to…

The following instructions are for making an old-fashioned pull wagon out of cardboard. The instructions for children were originally published in a newspaper in 1902,…

As a child, I loved the cutouts found in newspapers and children’s magazines. The cutout below is from a 1910 newspaper. I thought I’d share…

This free pine tree stencil pattern comes from a pre-1922 newspaper and is copyright expired. I have been enjoying working with stenciling in my free…

This peacock stencil pattern is copyright-expired and free for use. It was published pre-1922.

Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches by Charles Godfrey Leland was initially published in 1899. It is a classic among folklorists. The book’s title page…

Zipped are 64 Halloween png images that I collected from old newspapers and are copyright-expired. I use these images on my blog, in videos, and…

Available as a free zip download, these are 100 copyright-free clipart images I have gathered from old newspapers over the past few years. Images include…

Original Barley Broth war recipe. Numerous recipes, called war recipes, were published in newspapers during World War I. The reasoning behind this was to help…