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![[picture: Front Cover, Benson Stock Images]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Benson-StockDesigns/tn/000-front-cover-q75-356x500.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, Benson Stock Images]")
Stock Designs of Page Borders, Top Folio Headings, Tailpieces, Display Pages was a catalogue put out by Benson Printing Company of Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 1922. It included, as the title suggests, a catalogue of stock blocks, a sort of early clip art or stock image, presumably so their customers could select what they wanted used in the work done for them.
There is a copy of this book at archive.org but not in very high resolution.
Title: Stock Designs of Page Borders, Top Folio Headings, Tailpieces, Display Pages
Published by: The John A. Hertel Co.
City: Nashville, TN
Date: 1922
Total items: 8
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Full-page template or border with castle]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Benson-StockDesigns/wm/big/058-castle-250px-q75-136x200.jpg "[picture: Full-page template or border with castle]")
Full-page template or border with castle
A two-colour illustration of a mediæval castle and a rather tall tree sit on the right-hand side of this full-page [more...] [$]
![[picture: Classical full-page border with goddess]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Benson-StockDesigns/wm/big/041-classical-portico-border-with-goddess-q75-151x200.jpg "[picture: Classical full-page border with goddess]")
Classical full-page border with goddess
This frame, cartouche, border, whatever you like to call it, features a Greek-style portico or entrance, with a laurel-crowned goddess sitting on the steps reading a book. A pile of large books is next to [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Title Page, Benson Stock Images]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Benson-StockDesigns/wm/big/000-title-page-q75-146x200.jpg "[picture: Title Page, Benson Stock Images]")
Title Page, Benson Stock Images
The titlepage has the title and imprint information, the number 141 indicating a limited number of copies were made, and a subtle decorative border with lumps of dog vomit around the edges. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Front Cover, Benson Stock Images]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Benson-StockDesigns/wm/big/000-front-cover-q75-143x200.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, Benson Stock Images]")
Front Cover, Benson Stock Images
This catalogue was issued in a green cover with gold foil-stamped lettering to impress possible customers. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Faun playing pipes to his children]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Benson-StockDesigns/wm/big/053-faun-playing-pipes-to-children-q75-144x200.jpg "[picture: Faun playing pipes to his children]")
Faun playing pipes to his children
An adult faun, with the legs of a goat and garlands of flowers in his hair, plays the pan pipes to three faun children. All are topless and have horns. [more...] [$]
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