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Reproduction of the speech by Abraham Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address
Photograph of the bottom  of the Declaration of Independence centered on the most famous signature in American history
Aged, 200 years old letter from ottoman empire
a vintage American blank postcard of 1900s,  ready for any usage of  historic events as a background related to mail delievery description.
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
Both sides of a postcard sent by a Cheltenham schoolgirl during the reign of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. She is informing her family about her exam results. (Name and address removed.)
Macro Photograph of the Declaration of Independence
Letter written in 1945 by a WAC (Woman's Army Air Corps) when she was crossing the Atlantic Ocean returning from an overseas deployment during WWII.
Love letter written in cursive with focus on \
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
Old paper texture with unreadable text. Used paper sheet
Ancient Traditional Chinese Manchu Script Books - Qing Dynasty
Abraham Lincoln's Signature on a Replica of the Famous 'Gettysburg Address\
Ceramic plaque in the covered wash house in Cote D'Azur resort of Saint Tropez, known as Lavoir Vasserot - Laverot Wash House, after it's architect and creator and honorary citizen of Saint Tropez, Charles Albert Vasserot. It was built in 1861 - featuring three basins, one for coloured clothes, one for whites and one for rinsing. It is now a listed historic monument and used as a cultural space.
Old handwritten letter
A bill for structural repairs dated 7th September, 1850. (Identifying details removed.)
Pages in an antique travel diary of a Mediterranean cruise in 1872 isolated on white with a clipping path.
Old love letters World War II
Series of samples of different old fashioned writing techniques with different penholders, calligraphy nibs and papers
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.
Old vintage handwritings writing in cursive
Close-up of some of the  signatures on the Declaration of Independence.
Old handwritten letter
Back, front and inside of an airmail letter written to a senior officer in England by a British RAF cadet who is on a training visit to Vancouver, Canada, in 1956. (Identifying details removed.)
Sucre, Bolivia, April 1 2023 : close-up of the Bolivian Declaration of Independence in the Casa de la Libertad. Original manuscript.
Collage with papers and letters
Manuscript, drawings, inscriptions by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1940
handwritten testament on desktop
The Declaration of Independence. ..  full size.
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