Pictures from books of the 1920s
107,687 pictures from 3,784 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)
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)
Building with assurance (1921)
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)
Wohnungskultur und Möbel der italienischen Renaissance (1928)
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)
Der christliche Altar in seiner geschichtlichen Entwicklung: Die Ausstattung des Altars, Antependien, Velen, Leuchterbank, Stufen, Ciborium und Baldachin, Retabel, Reliquien- und Sakramentsaltar, Altarschranken (1924)
Pen drawing and pen draughtsmen : their work and their methods : a study of the art today with technical suggestions (1920)
Honor bilt modern homes. (1921)
Canadian printer & publisher (1921)
Textile design and colour; elementary weaves and figured fabrics (1921)
書目集覧 第1 (寛文書籍目録・元禄書籍目録) (1928)
A History of art (1922)
Handy man book plumbing and heating encyclopedia (1922)
Nouvelle mythologie illustrée (1920)
Steam power plant auxiliaries and accessories; (1922)
List of parts : machines nos. 44-1 to 44-3, 44-8, 44-9, 44-13, 44-17, 44-20, 44-22 to 44-24, 44-28, 44-29, 44-72, 44-74, 44-75. (1922)
日本歴史図会 第３輯 (1921)
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)
Kohler enameled plumbing ware: catalog F (1922)
Östergötland. Àv Andreas Lindblom (1921)
Gordon-Van Tine homes (1921)
Der christliche Altar in seiner geschichtlichen Entwicklung: Arten, Bestandteile, Altargrab, Weihe, Symbolik (1924)
Nouvelle mythologie illustrée (1920)
Honor bilt modern homes. (1921)
Villas of Florence and Tuscany (1922)
Villas of Florence and Tuscany (1922)
Monographien des Kunstgewerbes: Gläser der Empire- und Biedermeierzeit (1923)
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)
A history of garden art (1928)
A history of garden art (1928)
Meisterwerke der Älteren Pinakothek in München ... (1922)
Central's book of homes (1920)
書目集覧 壹 (1928)
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)
The International Casement Co. Inc., manufacturers : rolled steel and drawn bronze casement and composite windows, casement window hardware, solid steel austral windows. (1922)
芸林画譜 (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)
Modern homes. (1920)
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)
Architectural economy, vol. 1 (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)
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)
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic (1922)
American pictures and their painters (1921)
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic, (1922)
Roberts price pilot (1920)
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)
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic (1922)
Catalog of garden furniture, arbors, pergolas, gateways, trellises, fences, etc. (1920)
Descriptive geometry (1921)
Aladdin homes : "built in a day". (1920)
Blabon art linoleum styles for 1921. (1921)
French pictures and their painters (1922)
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)
Die Volkstrachten der Schweiz: Die Volkstrachten von Bern, Freiburg und Wallis: mit 14 farbigen und 16 Kupferdrucktafeln , 236 Schwarz-Abbildungen und Schnittmusterbogen (1928)
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)
A lace guide for makers and collectors; with bibliography and five-language nomenculture, profusely illus. with halftone plates and key designs (1920)
L'Esprit Nouveau Number 25-28 (1925)
The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment (1922)
La sculpture hindoue. Traduction de Paul Budry (1922)
Die Plastik der Ägypter (1922)
The book of stars (1920)
How to plan, finance and build your home [by] the Architects’ small house service bureau. (1922)
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)
A lace guide for makers and collectors; with a bibliography and five-language nomenclature, profusely illus. with halftone plates and key designs (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)
Stories for little children (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)
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)
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 treasure chest of my bookhouse (1920)
Die schmiedekunst bis zum ausgang des 18. jahrhunderts (1922)
Syria (1920)
...Picturesque Greece architecture, landscape, life of the people (1922)
Boston Architectural Club year book for 1922 (1922)
Handbuch der orientalischen Teppichkunde (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)
Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm (1922)
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
日本歴史図会 第４輯 (1921)
Breguet (1747-1823) (1921)
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture (1920)
Slate plumbing fixtures and products (1922)
Die Volkstrachten der Schweiz: Die Volkstrachten der Ostschweiz: Thurgau, St. Gallen, Glarus, Appenzell; mit 13 farbigen Tafeln und 171 Schwarz-Abbildungen und Schnittmusterbogen (1924)
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)
Slate plumbing fixtures and products (1922)
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture (1920)
日本歴史図会 第１１輯 (1921)
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)
Electricity and magnetism for advanced students (1920)
Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm (1920)
Russian festivals and costumes for pageant and dance (1921)
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)
Boston Architectural Club year book for 1920 (1920)
Presto-up patented bolt-together, houses-garages-barns etc. (1920)
Bennett better-built, ready-cut homes, catalog no. 21 (1922)
Early American craftsmen (1920)
Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1920)
Colección Labor: Historia de las artes industriales: Antigüedad y Edad Media (1925)
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)
Delphi (1920)
Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen: Ausland und Byzanz (1928)
Die Volkstrachten der Schweiz: Die Volkstrachten der Innerschweiz: mit 12 farbigen Tafeln und 165 Schwarz-Abbildungen (1922)
Lutyens houses and gardens (1921)
The psychology of dress (1920)
The graphic arts; modern men and modern methods (1921)
Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock. Partly reprinted from "Engineering" (1920)
Le costume en orient (1922)
The thermionic vacuum tube and its applications (1920)
Musical merchandise catalog / The Vega Co (1920)
Sterling homes, catalog no. 17 (1920)
Structural analysis and design of airplanes (1920)
Phenomena of materialisation : a contribution to the investigation of mediumistic teleplastics / by Baron von Schrenck Notzing ; translated by E.E. Fournier d'Albe. (1923)
Dynamic symmetry; the Greek vase (1920)
Telegraph engineering : a manual for practicing telegraph engineers and engineering students (1922)
Drawing made easy : a helpful book for young artists; the way to begin and finish your sketches, clearly shown step by step (1921)
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)
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)
Monographien des Kunstgewerbes: Die Schmiedekunst bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts (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)
The sky movies (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)
Wells' auto-electricians' handbook; a reference book of adjustments, tests, repairs and performance of electric lighting and starting equipment on automobiles (1922)
Bibliothek für Kunst- und Antiquitätensammler: Bronze: Statuetten und Geräte (1921)
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)
Historic textile fabrics: a short history of the tradition and development of pattern in woven & printed stuffs (1923)
Oriental rugs, antique and modern (1922)
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 (1921)
Bernstein (1920)
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)
Das freie Zeichnen: ein Weg für den Unterricht im Zeichnen nach Natur- und Gebrauchsgegenständen (1925)
Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments (1922)
The principles underlying radio communication (1922)
Brick homes (1922)
National boilers, radiators, and specialties: catalog no. 26 (1920)
Der Landschaftsgarten: sein Entstehen und seine Einführung in Deutschland durch Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell 1750 - 1823 (1927)
Les anciennes faiences de Bruxelles : histoire, fabrication, produits (1922)
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)
The English village church : exteriors and interiors (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)
Die italienischen Möbel und dekorativen Bildwerke im Kaiser Friedrich Museum (1922)
Mazes and labyrinths : a general account of their history and developments (1922)
The English village church; exteriors and interiors (1921)
Illustrated catalogue of valuable old and modern paintings of artistic distinction .. (1921)
A book of old embroidery (1921)
学校家庭図画描き方の基本と其の画集 (1928)
Handbuch und Lehrkursus für die Kunst des Zeichnens und Malens: Das Karikaturzeichnen: mit 130 einfarbigen und farbigen Abbildungen und 66 Tafeln (1929)
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 pinafore pocket story book (1922)
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)
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (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)
Painting and interior decoration (1922)
Olympic victor monuments and Greek athletic art (1921)
Handbuch der Farbenfabrikation. Lehrbuch der Fabrikation, Untersuchung und Verwendung aller in der Praxis vorkommenden Körperfarben (1922)
Shades and shadows (1921)
The art collections of the nation; some recent acquisitions (1920)
Iulius Diez / Text von Rich. Braungart (1920)
Practical problems in mechanical drawing and blueprint reading (1921)
Practical homes, 1922-23 edition (1922)
The present state of old English furniture (1921)
Quelques fables (1927)
Schwäbische Skulptur der Spätgotik (1922)
Antique laces of American collectors : Volume 1 / text by Frances Morris & Marian Hague (1920)
Bossert houses (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)
Fairmount Park Art Association; an account of its origin and activities from its foundation in 1871 (1922)
Property protection and ornamentation : (1920)
Bukresco college annual guide; (1922)
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)
Drawing and painting self-taught (1922)
The art appeal in display advertising (1921)
Le nouveau bréviaire de la beauté / G. Clarks (1920)
The Rosicrucians, their rites and mysteries (1921)
The boy magician : a large number of the latest and best tricks carefully selected for the rising generation of conjurers (1922)
Collected papers on acoustics (1922)
Drawing for beginners (1920)
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 Boyd Smith Mother Goose (1920)
The track of the "typhoon" (1921)
Mighty Mikko : a book of Finnish fairy tales and folk tales (1922)
Art in costume design; practical suggestions for those interested in art, sewing, history and literature (1920)
Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (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)
Steam engines, a thorough and practical presentation of modern steam engine practice (1920)
A history of European and American sculpture from the early Christian period to the present day (1921)
Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1922)
Finger plays for nursery and kindergarten (1921)
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Mighty Mikko; a book of Finnish fairy tales and folk tales (1922)
Wool and cotton in all forms from yarn to fabric (1921)
Art and education in wood-turning; (1921)
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Old New England houses (1920)
First lessons in batik; a handbook in batik, tie-dyeing and all pattern dyeing (1921)
Hydrographical surveying : a description of means and methods employed in constructing marine charts (1920)
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)
Practical applications of dynamic symmetry (1920)
Printing types, their history, forms, and use; a study in survivals (1922)
Shades and shadows (1921)
Watches : the Paul M. Chamberlain collection at the Art Institute of Chicago (1921)
Plane and solid analytic geometry (1921)
Sammelbände zur Geschichte der Kunst und des Kunstgewerbes: Gotische Bildteppiche aus Frankreich und Flandern (1923)
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)
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)
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Die Reliefs und Malereien des mittleren Reiches (VII.-XVII. Dynastie, ca. 2475-1580 v. Chr.) : Material zur agyptischen Kulturgeschichte (1922)
Dynamic symmetry; the Greek vase (1920)
Egyptian decorative art : a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution /by W.M. Flinders Petrie (1920)
Home builder's plan book (1921)
Maksym i Marko : abo iaka kara postyhla dvokh zbytochnykiv (1921)
The Plan Shop bungalows / Rollin S. Tuttle (1920)
La décoration primitive : Océanie (1922)
Sammelbände zur Geschichte der Kunst und des Kunstgewerbes: Deutsche Glasmalereien der Gotik und Renaissance: Rund- und Kabinettscheiben (1923)
Flat machine knitting and fabrics (1921)
La décoration primitive; Amérique post-Colombienne (1922)