Pictures from books of the 1920s
78,435 pictures from 2,868 books published in the 1920s, all in the public domain and free to use for anything.
The 300 books with the most pictures:
Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry (1921)
Canadian jeweller 1920 (1920)
Men's wear of Canada (January-December 1920) (1920)
Buildings (1922)
Men's wear of Canada (January-December 1921) (1921)
Building with assurance (1921)
Old clocks and watches & their makers : being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of nearly twelve thousand makers (1922)
Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Furniture and interior decoration of the Italian renaissance (1921)
Canadian printer & publisher (1922)
Men's wear of Canada (January-December 1922) (1922)
Canadian printer & publisher (1920)
Baukunst und dekorative plastik der frührenaissance in Italien (1920)
Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs (1922)
Architectural details for every type of building : a practical drafting room guide for contractors, builders, lumber dealers, millmen, draftsmen and architects. (1921)
Canadian printer & publisher (1921)
Pen drawing and pen draughtsmen : their work and their methods : a study of the art today with technical suggestions (1920)
Textile design and colour; elementary weaves and figured fabrics (1921)
A History of art (1922)
Nouvelle mythologie illustrée (1920)
Steam power plant auxiliaries and accessories; (1922)
One house-or a hundred. (1920)
Le musée des sorciers : mages et alchemistes / par Grillot de Givry. (1929)
Building and Engineering Catalog 1921 Edition (1921)
Steam-engine theory and practice (1922)
Pattern making; a practical treatise for the pattern maker on wood-working and wood turning, tools and equipment, construction of simple and complicated patterns, modern molding machines and molding practice (1921)
History of art (1921)
Information; elementary electricity, motor car electric systems, the gas engine from an ignition point of view, driving the car (1920)
Old Spain (1921)
Homes of character. (1920)
Gordon-Van Tine homes (1921)
Östergötland. Àv Andreas Lindblom (1921)
Nouvelle mythologie illustrée (1920)
Honor bilt modern homes. (1921)
Villas of Florence and Tuscany (1922)
Villas of Florence and Tuscany (1922)
Application of dyestuffs to textiles, paper, leather and other materials (1920)
House & garden's book of gardens; containing over four hundred illustrations of special flower types, plans and suggestions for landscape work, a complete gardener's calendar of the year's activities, planting and spraying tables, and a portfolio of beautiful gardens in varied sections of the United States and foreign countries (1921)
What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Meisterwerke der Älteren Pinakothek in München ... (1922)
Central's book of homes (1920)
Lewis homes: homes of character (1922)
Official American textile directory; containing reports of all the textile manufacturing establishments in the United States and Canada, together with the yarn trade index ... Comp. annually by the Textile world journal (1922)
Machine drawing; a text and problem book for technical students and draftsmen (1921)
The Spanish royal tapastries (1921)
Geometrical drawing, projection drawing, freehand and ornamental drawing, wash work and brush drawing, elementary perspective drawing, architectural drawing (1921)
Die Karikatur und Satire in der Medizin : mediko-kunsthistorische Studie (1921)
Interiors beautiful and the decoration of the home (1922)
Automatic telephony; a comprehensive treatise on automatic and semi-automatic systems (1921)
Official American textile directory; containing reports of all the textile manufacturing establishments in the United States and Canada, together with the yarn trade index ... Comp. annually by the Textile world journal (1921)
L'art religieux de la fin du Moyen Age en France : étude sur l'iconographie du Moyen Age et sur ses sources d'inspiration (1922)
L'art religieux du XIIe siècle en France : Etude sur les origines de l'iconographie du Moyen Age (1922)
A text-book of electrical engineering; (1920)
L'art religieux de la fin du Moyen Age en France : étude sur l'iconographie du Moyen Age et sur ses sources d'inspiration (1922)
Mechanism (1920)
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) (1922)
Official American textile directory; containing reports of all the textile manufacturing establishments in the United States and Canada, together with the yarn trade index ... Comp. annually by the Textile world journal (1920)
Modern homes. (1920)
L'art religieux du XIIe siècle en France : étude sur les origines de l'iconographie du moyen age (1922)
Woodwork joints; how they are set out, how made and where used; with four hundred and thirty illustrations and a complete index of eleven hundred references (1921)
Architectural economy, vol. 1 (1920)
Electrical machinery; a practical study course on installation, operation and maintenance (1921)
Practical physics (1922)
A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Heraldry and floral forms as used in decoration; (1922)
Specifications for the multiplex printing telegraph system : theory and operation (1920)
A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
American pictures and their painters (1921)
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic (1922)
Roberts price pilot (1920)
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic, (1922)
House & garden's book of interiors, containing over three hundred illustrations of living rooms, dining rooms, libraries, halls, bedrooms, porches, breakfast rooms, nurseries, kitchens, bathrooms and the use of decorative accessories and curtains, together with practical suggestions for the furnishing and decorating of each type of room in the house (1920)
Descriptive geometry (1921)
Catalog of garden furniture, arbors, pergolas, gateways, trellises, fences, etc. (1920)
Descriptive geometry (1921)
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic (1922)
Blabon art linoleum styles for 1921. (1921)
French pictures and their painters (1922)
Aladdin homes : "built in a day". (1920)
Plan book of Harris homes : book number seventy six (1920)
Old English furniture and its surroundings, from the restoration to the regency (1920)
Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen kunst (1920)
A lace guide for makers and collectors; with bibliography and five-language nomenculture, profusely illus. with halftone plates and key designs (1920)
Deutsche Baukunst des Mittelalters und der Renaissance : Old German architecture: Ancienne architecture Allemande (1920)
Deutsche Baukunst des Mittelalters und der Renaissance = old German architecture (1922)
Line & form (1921)
The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment (1922)
La sculpture hindoue. Traduction de Paul Budry (1922)
Die Plastik der Ägypter (1922)
How to plan, finance and build your home [by] the Architects’ small house service bureau. (1922)
The book of stars (1920)
Gilbert light experiments for boys (1920)
Gothic architecture selected from various ancient edifices in England, (1920)
Gothic architecture selected from various ancient edifices in England, (1920)
Shop practice for home mechanics, use of tools, shop processes, construction of small machines. Contains a chapter also on theoretical mechanics and on miscellaneous information relative to shop work (1920)
The new dressmaker; with complete and fully illustrated instructions on every point connected with sewing, dressmaking and tailoring, from the actual stitches to the cutting, making, altering, mending, and cleaning of clothes for ladies, misses, girls, children, infants, men and boys (1921)
A lace guide for makers and collectors; with a bibliography and five-language nomenclature, profusely illus. with halftone plates and key designs (1920)
Small French buildings; the architecture of town and country, comprising cottages, farmhouses, minor chateaux or manors with their farm groups, small town dwellings, and a few churches (1921)
Acquafortisti italiani; reccolta di acqueforti, acquetine, puntesecche, maniera nera, di 150 artisti. Acquafortistes italiens; recueil de eauxfortes, acqua-tintas, pointes-sèches, façon noire, de 150 artistes (1922)
Small French buildings; the architecture of town and country, comprising cottages, farmhouses, minor chateaux or manors with their farm groups, small town dwellings, and a few churches (1921)
Die schmiedekunst bis zum ausgang des 18. jahrhunderts (1922)
Handbuch der orientalischen Teppichkunde (1922)
Syria (1920)
...Picturesque Greece architecture, landscape, life of the people (1922)
Boston Architectural Club year book for 1922 (1922)
Small French buildings; the architecture of town and country, comprising cottages, farmhouses, minor chateaux or manors with their farm groups, small town dwellings, and a few churches (1921)
The renaissance architectvre of central and northern Spain, a collection of photographs and measvred drawings, (1920)
Breguet (1747-1823) (1921)
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture (1920)
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture (1920)
Machine drawing, a practical guide to the standard methods of graphical representation of machines, including complete detail drawings of a duplex pump and of a direct-current generator (1920)
Homes of moderate size; a collection of photographs and plans of modern suburban and country homes, following the colonial, Italian and English architectural styles, and arranged accordingly (1921)
Electricity and magnetism for advanced students (1920)
Art principles in house, furniture, and village building; an exposition of designing principles which every house builder, furniture user, and village dweller should know (1921)
Russian festivals and costumes for pageant and dance (1921)
Presto-up patented bolt-together, houses-garages-barns etc. (1920)
Early American craftsmen (1920)
Bennett better-built, ready-cut homes, catalog no. 21 (1922)
Boston Architectural Club year book for 1920 (1920)
Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1920)
Delphi (1920)
Electricity and magnetism : an elementary text-book, theoretical and practical (1920)
L'art de reconnaître les styles : le style Louis XIII (1920)
The graphic arts; modern men and modern methods (1921)
Lutyens houses and gardens (1921)
The psychology of dress (1920)
Musical merchandise catalog / The Vega Co (1920)
The graphic arts; modern men and modern methods (1921)
Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock. Partly reprinted from "Engineering" (1920)
Structural analysis and design of airplanes (1920)
The thermionic vacuum tube and its applications (1920)
Le costume en orient (1922)
Sterling homes, catalog no. 17 (1920)
Telegraph engineering : a manual for practicing telegraph engineers and engineering students (1922)
The art of show card writing; a modern treatise covering all branches of the art ... with one hundred and fifty-three illustrations and thirty-two lettering plates, comprising all the standard ancient and modern styles (1922)
Drawing made easy : a helpful book for young artists; the way to begin and finish your sketches, clearly shown step by step (1921)
Erinnerungen an Wilhelm von Kaulbach und sein Haus : mit Briefen und hundertsechzig Abbildungen (1921)
Histoire du costume antique d'après des études sur le modèle vivant (1922)
Radio for everybody; being a popular guide to practical radio-phone reception and transmission and to the dot-and-dash reception and transmission of the radio telegraph, for the layman who wants to apply radio for his pleasure and profit without going into the special theories and the intricacies of the art (1922)
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 (1921)
A history of oak furniture (1920)
Book bindings : historical and decorative (1921)
The sky movies (1922)
Wells' auto-electricians' handbook; a reference book of adjustments, tests, repairs and performance of electric lighting and starting equipment on automobiles (1922)
What sculpture to see in Europe (1920)
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 (1921)
Mechanical drawing; a treatise on the drawing of mechanical and machine details (1920)
The work of Emil Fuchs [electronic resource] : illustrating some of his representative paintings, sculpture, medals and studies. Issued on the occasion of an exhibition of his works under the auspices of Messrs. Cartier, February 7th to March 5th,1921. New York city (1921)
Östergötland. Àv Andreas Lindblom (1921)
Bernstein (1920)
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 (1921)
Oriental rugs, antique and modern (1922)
The work of Emil Fuchs; illustrating some of his representative paintings, sculpture, medals and studies. Issued on the occasion of an exhibition of his works under the auspices of Messrs. Cartier, February 7th to March 5th,1921. New York city (1921)
The principles underlying radio communication (1922)
Small motors, transformers, electromagnets; a practical presentation of design and construction data for small motors, small low- and high-tension transformers, electromagnets, and induction coils (1920)
Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments (1922)
National boilers, radiators, and specialties: catalog no. 26 (1920)
The principles underlying radio communication (1922)
Brick homes (1922)
Phenomena of materialisation : a contribution to the investigation of mediumistic teleplastics / by Baron von Schrenck Notzing ; translated by E.E. Fournier d'Albe. (1923)
Les anciennes faiences de Bruxelles : histoire, fabrication, produits (1922)
The English village church : exteriors and interiors (1921)
A book of samples of papers manufactured to print properly all kinds of illustrations; together with a book of the same papers printed and lithographed in all of the principal processes used for illustration (1922)
A history of European and American sculpture from the early Christian period to the present day (1921)
Boston Herald-Traveler's book of homes : how to plan, finance and build your home (1922)
British birds / by W.H. Hudson, C.M.Z.S ; with a chapter on structure and classification by Frank E. Beddard, F.R.S. With 8 coloured plates from original drawings by A. Thorburn and 8 plates and 100 figures in black and white from original drawings by G.E. Lodge and 3 illustrations from photographs from nature by R.B. Lodge. New impression. (1921)
Illustrated catalogue of valuable old and modern paintings of artistic distinction .. (1921)
Mazes and labyrinths : a general account of their history and developments (1922)
The English village church; exteriors and interiors (1921)
A book of old embroidery (1921)
Les plafonds; transformations progressives du XVIe au XIXe siècle, deux cent trent reproductions documentaires (1922)
High frequency apparatus, design, construction and practical application; a practical treatise for electrical engineers, electricans, physicians, students and experimenters (1920)
The Marine room of the Peabody museum of Salem (1921)
The colonial architecture of Philadelphia (1920)
The colonial architecture of Philadelphia (1920)
Deutsche Zeichner von der Gotik bis zum Rokoko (1921)
Etching craft; a guide for students and collectors (1922)
Textiles (1922)
Illustrated announcement of the sale by auction of the Jacob Paxson Temple collection of early American furniture and objects of art ... [electronic resource] (1922)
Olympic victor monuments and Greek athletic art (1921)
Painting and interior decoration (1922)
The art collections of the nation; some recent acquisitions (1920)
Handbuch der Farbenfabrikation. Lehrbuch der Fabrikation, Untersuchung und Verwendung aller in der Praxis vorkommenden Körperfarben (1922)
Shades and shadows (1921)
Iulius Diez / Text von Rich. Braungart (1920)
Practical problems in mechanical drawing and blueprint reading (1921)
The present state of old English furniture (1921)
Practical homes, 1922-23 edition (1922)
Quelques fables (1927)
Schwäbische Skulptur der Spätgotik (1922)
The art appeal in display advertising (1921)
Bukresco college annual guide; (1922)
Fairmount Park Art Association; an account of its origin and activities from its foundation in 1871 (1922)
Rosicrucian fundamentals : an exposition of the Rosicrucian synthesis of religion, science and philosophy, in fourteen complete instructions (1920)
The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem (1921)
Bossert houses (1922)
Drawing and painting self-taught (1922)
Property protection and ornamentation : (1920)
Antique laces of American collectors : Volume 1 / text by Frances Morris & Marian Hague (1920)
Catalogue of the silver plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum (1921)
De luxe flats : a book on flats and duplex homes ; showing the latest advance designs of this particular type of architecture, published to meet the requirements of all those who desire to study the flat or duplex home in its latest development. (1920)
Dogs of China & Japan in nature and art (1921)
The Rosicrucians, their rites and mysteries (1921)
Drawing for beginners (1920)
Le nouveau bréviaire de la beauté / G. Clarks (1920)
The boy magician : a large number of the latest and best tricks carefully selected for the rising generation of conjurers (1922)
Art in costume design; practical suggestions for those interested in art, sewing, history and literature (1920)
Collected papers on acoustics (1922)
General and practical optics (1920)
The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem (1921)
French furniture under Louis XV (1920)
Type plans and elevations of houses designed by the Ministry of Health in connection with state-aided housing schemes (1920)
General astronomy (1922)
Wright aircraft engines; complete instructions for their installation, operation and maintenance; (1921)
Collected papers on acoustics (1922)
Iglesias y conventos de la ciudad de Mexico; 97 ilustraciones (1920)
Modern homes (1921)
The track of the "typhoon" (1921)
Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)
Steam engines, a thorough and practical presentation of modern steam engine practice (1920)
Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1922)
Hammond's business atlas of economic geography: a new series of maps showing: relief of the land, temperature, rainfall, natural vegetation, productive and non-productive regions, mineral products, agricultural products, distribution of population, etc., etc (1921)
A history of European and American sculpture from the early Christian period to the present day (1921)
Wool and cotton in all forms from yarn to fabric (1921)
Art and education in wood-turning; (1921)
Finger plays for nursery and kindergarten (1921)
Hydrographical surveying : a description of means and methods employed in constructing marine charts (1920)
Old New England houses (1920)
First lessons in batik; a handbook in batik, tie-dyeing and all pattern dyeing (1921)
Illustrated catalogue of the very valuable antique art property of the Cattadori Italian Art Galleries ... : to be sold at unrestricted public sale ... April 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th ... at the American Art Galleries : the sale to be conducted by Thomas E. Kirby and his assistants, Otto Bernet and H.H. Parke, of the American Art Association (1921)
Old New England houses (1920)
Shades and shadows (1921)
Printing types, their history, forms, and use; a study in survivals (1922)
Watches : the Paul M. Chamberlain collection at the Art Institute of Chicago (1921)
Plane and solid analytic geometry (1921)
School needlework; a book written for the beginner of any age and in any school (1922)
Charles Hercules Read; a tribute on his retirement from the British museum and a record of the chief additions to the Department of British and mediaeval antiquities and ethnography during his keepership, 1896-1921 (1921)
Egyptian decorative art : a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution /by W.M. Flinders Petrie (1920)
Illustrated catalogue of the valuable collection of rare Gothic art and other artistic antique property belonging to the continental connoisseur and expert Henri S. de Souhami of Paris, acquired by him from Prince Henri de Faucigny Lucinge, Madame Lelong and other sources [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted publi sale at the new American Art Galleries ... on the afternoons herein stated (1922)
Die Reliefs und Malereien des mittleren Reiches (VII.-XVII. Dynastie, ca. 2475-1580 v. Chr.) : Material zur agyptischen Kulturgeschichte (1922)
Home builder's plan book (1921)
Home-farm power and lighting, a book of helpful instruction on the installation (1920)
La décoration primitive : Océanie (1922)
The Plan Shop bungalows / Rollin S. Tuttle (1920)
Flat machine knitting and fabrics (1921)
La décoration primitive; Amérique post-Colombienne (1922)
Radio, miracle of the 20th century ... a story of human achievement that stands unrivalled in the history of humanity, together with a colorful portrayal, giving a broad, general view of the whole subject of wireless telegraph and telephone and its marvelous development (1922)
Västergötland. Àv Ernst Fischer (1922)
Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720) Catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre (1920)
Illustrated catalogue of the notable private collection of paintings and pastels by ... Hilaire Edgar Degas (1921)
The city plan of Flint, Michigan, including the reports of John Nolen, city planner, and Bion J. Arnold, transportation engineer, as approved by the City planning board and accepted by the Common council. George C. Kellar, mayor. Frank D. King, city clerk (1920)
Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages (1920)
The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture (1922)
Argonauts of the western Pacific; an account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea (1922)
Industrial housing (1920)
Detrick arches showing their adaptability to all types of boilers and stokers, special furnaces and oil stills (1921)
Amazing Stories, April 1926. Volume 1, Number 1 (1926)
French furniture under Louis XVI (1920)
Illustrated catalogue of an exceedingly important collection of artistic Oriental objects and decorative art, which the owners have been three years in assembling [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the owners, the well-known house of Yamanaka & Co., New York, Japan, China, London, on the afternoons and evening herein stated (1921)
Mechanical laboratory methods; the testing of instruments and machines in the mechanical engineering laboratory and in practice (1922)
The Franco-British exhibition of textiles 1921 (1922)
Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages (1920)
Catalogue of paintings and drawings. (1922)
The Franco-British exhibition of textiles 1921 (1922)
The garden that we made (1920)
Topographic maps and sketch mapping (1920)
Gotische Plastik in den Rheinlanden (1921)
Daniel H. Burnham, architect, planner of cities (1921)
Old world lace; or, A guide for the lace lover (1920)
The boys' book of carpentry (1922)
Architectural drawing : a textbook that combines the parctical instructions and examples that the student needs, with the suggestive programs, supplementary problems, etc, required by the teacher, written by an architect of wide experience who has also taught the subject for years at Teachers' College, Columbia University, and Mechanics' Institute, New York (1920)
Bobbins of Belgium : a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages (1920)
Catalogue of textiles from burying-grounds in Egypt (1920)
Fra Bartolommeo und die Florentiner Renaissance (1922)
Zeitgenossen Chodowieckis; lose Blätter schweizerischer Buchkunst (1921)
Catalogue of the Greek coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia (Nabataea, Arabia Provincia, S. Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Alexandrine empire of the East, Persis, Elymais, Characene / by George Francis Hill ... With a map and fifty-five plates (1922)
Hollow tile for the home. (1920)
Antike Bronzestatuetten (1921)
Notes on mechanical drawing (1922)
A catalogue of paintings, drawings, etchings and lithographs (1922)
Osztyák himzések = Ostjakische Stickereien (1921)
The essentials of æsthetics in music, poetry, painting, sculpture and architecture (1921)
Official exposition record and history of Masonry in the state of New York in connection with first annual fashion exposition for the benefit of Masonic hospital activities, May 8 to 13, 1922 (1922)
Catalogue of textiles from burying-grounds in Egypt (1920)
Ursprung der christlichen Kirchenkunst, neue Tatsachen und Grundsätze der Kunstforschung, erörtert von Josef Strzygowski. Deutsche, vermehrte Originalausgabe (1920)
L'art ancien du Mexique, simple esquisse (1922)
War posters issued by belligerent and neutral nations 1914-1919; (1920)
Children's occupations (1920)
Collected scientific papers (1920)
Card grinding in theory and practice : a treatise upon the various methods of grinding card clothing used by spinners of cotton, wool, silk, and other textile fibres (1922)
Documents de ferronnerie ancienne du XIIe au XVIIIe siècle : recueil de 40 planches comprenant plus de 100 documents de ferronnerie monumentale et de serrurerie fine ... (1922)
Experimental glass blowing for boys (1920)
Military sketching and map reading; including panoramic sketching and aerial photography (1921)
To the moon and back in ninety days : a thrilling narrative of blended science and adventure (1922)
Economics of bridgework, a sequel to Bridge engineering (1921)
La dentelle aux fuseaux (1921)
Printing types, their history, forms, and use; a study in survivals (1922)
The carman's helper (1920)
Australasian tokens and coins; a handbook by Dr. Arthur Andrews .. (1921)
The pewter collector : a guide to English pewter with some reference to foreign work (1921)