The collection consists of images scanned from a variety of sources dating from the mid-1800s to the late 1920s.  The collection is arranged into 16 categories.  All images are in JPG format. 

Old Time Clip Art didn't start out as a collection.  In 1991, I published a book for helping computing novices understand DOS commands.  In order to make a point, I put a picture of man pulling on a boot and related the picture to computing.  This was followed by a couple of ladies in mutton-chop sleeves and high-button shoes arguing about file management.  The idea of "booting" a computer with a boot, and the absurdity of 19th century ladies talking about computers, helped to lighten the otherwise humorless content of learning DOS commands.  By the time the book was finished, I had incorporated several dozen old images to make learning about computers more interesting.

Several years ago someone asked to borrow a few images from my collection.  Up until then I had never thought of the growing number of old pictures in my computer as a collection.  I copied them onto a disk for my friend and was surprised to learn how many I had.  

The problem with some of the images is the low resolution in which they were scanned.  Many are low resolution, about 72 dpi.  Some are high resolution, up to 300 dpi.  The resolution is dependent on size of the artwork that appeared in the advertisement and the period in which they were scanned.  A few of the images were scanned with early technology scanners (early 1990s) and are not the quality as if they had been scanned later, but if the images are of sufficient interest I have kept them in the collection.  Another problem with those early scans is that I didn't always record the source information.  If anyone using the collection is aware of any image that should not be included because of copyright infringement, please advise me of the image in question so it can be removed.