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: 7
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
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...] [$]
Front Cover, Benson Stock Images
This catalogue was issued in a green cover with gold foil-stamped lettering to impress possible customers. [more...] [$]
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...] [$]
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.
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