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20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

Written by Brynne Delerson

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Hello! It’s Brynne from The Gathered Home here with your March edition of awesome FREE printable images! In January, I rounded up 20 free vintage maps and in February I shared over 25 vintage astronomy images.

Today’s theme is “blueprints & diagrams” and I had a blast pulling together this collection of detailed and fascinating images! These images lend themselves well to black and white printing, making a large “engineering print”  an extremely affordable way to display them on your walls – you can print an enormous 36″ x 48″ print for around $8, or smaller sizes for just a few dollars at your local copy center or office store.

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints & Schematics

To download and print, click on the link to visit the original source for each image.

(1) Vintage Patent Designs via Primer

Visit the link for four more vintage patent printables!

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

(2) Sketch Airplane Printables via How to Nest for Less

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

(3) Victorian House Plans via Call Me Victorian

Visit the link for four more charming Victorian house plans!

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

(4) Toy Building Brick Patent via Google Patents

Look familiar? 🙂 I think this would be so fun blown up for a playroom!

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

(5) Remington Noiseless 8 Typewriter via Primer

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

(6) Illustrations from Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
via Wikimedia Commons (I, II, III)

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

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(7) 1738 Warship via Primer

This nautical image is quite large and very detailed – it would be beautiful in a large format!

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(8) Vintage Mechanical Toys via The Graphics Fairy

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20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

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(9) USS Rodney M. Davis via Wikimedia Commons

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(10) Belt Drive Bike Patent via Patent Pending Blog

Vintage Printable Bicycle Diagram

(11) Flying Machine Patent via The National Archives

I love this one so much!

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

(12) Typewriter Construction Patent via Google Patents

20+ Free Vintage Printable Blueprints and Diagrams

(13) The Reconstruction of the French “La Couronne” via Wikimedia Commons

Another highly detailed image that would be stunning in a large print.

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(14) Thomas Edison’s Light Bulb via The National Archives

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(15) Vintage Model Aircraft Blueprint via OuterZone

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(16) Eames Chair Patents via Google Patent (I, II)

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(17) The Duryea Road Vehicle via The National Archives

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(18) Fender Tremolo Patent Diagram via Wikimedia Commons

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(19) Drawing for a Game Board via The National Archives

The precursor to Monopoly? Fascinating!

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(20) Architectural Diagrams via The Graphics Fairy (I, II)

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Need some inspiration for incorporating these vintage diagrams into your decor? I’ve got you covered!

(1) Blueprint art can be streamlined and elegant in a modern traditional room (via Andrea Brooks Interiors)

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(2) It also goes well with modern industrial/rustic spaces (via Apartment Therapy)

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(3) Nautical diagrams can add the perfect “beachy” touch to a room (via Coastal Living)

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(4) Display your favorite patent designs en masse for a bold statement (via The New York Times)

Tip: Visit the Google Patents search to search tons of public domain patent images by keyword.

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What do you think? Are any of these vintage images something you would consider adding to your home? If you do a project with any of these, I’d love to see it!

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Don’t miss our other printable art collections, too!

25 Free Natural History Images for Fall | Remodelaholic.com #free #printables #art 20 Free Vintage Map Printable Images | Remodelaholic.com #art #printable #maps 25 Free Vintage Astronomy Printable Images | Remodelaholic.com #printables #art #vintage

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Published: March 3, 2015Filed Under: Art, Contributor, Decorate, Printable Tagged: Art, Contributors, Free Printable Art Collection, free vintage images, Wall Art

About Brynne Delerson

I'm the author and creator of The Gathered Home, a blog about "finding" and "making". I'm a self-proclaimed Craigslist addict, cheapskate, and dyed-in-the-wool DIYer on a mission to fill my home with gathered and handmade treasures!


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Comments

  1. Brooklyn Limestone says

    March 3, 2015 at 11:55 am

    I had no idea you could download high res images of patents from google. How smart! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Brynne Delerson says

      March 3, 2015 at 2:58 pm

      It’s such a neat resource! I was so excited to discover it too!

      Reply
  2. Cheryl says

    April 4, 2015 at 7:37 am

    How would you enlarge the Lego print? Would love to do poster size prints?

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    • Brynne Delerson says

      April 4, 2015 at 8:29 am

      Hi Cheryl – I found this post with instructions that are very helpful: https://thepaintedhive.net/2014/05/free-art-printables-finding-setting-up-printing-large-scale-images/. She shares methods for using Photoshop (the less expensive Photoshop Elements should also work for this) and a free photo editing software called GIMP.

      Reply
  3. RACHEL says

    June 10, 2015 at 7:52 am

    Dear Brynne,
    I found you by trawling through page after page of Pinterest web pages and finally I found you. My Uncle was named after the USS Rodney in 1940, at the time people believed that it had been blown up and all lost at sea, you have no idea what it means to me to have found these blue prints. My Uncle has meant so much to me over the years, he’s my best friend, a true Father figure, my go to man, he has always been there for me and to be able to give him a gift of the framed blue prints of the USS Rodney will mean so much to him, I can’t thank you enough for sharing all these beautiful prints.
    Kindest regards

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    • Brynne Delerson says

      June 10, 2015 at 8:38 am

      Oh wow, Rachel! I’m so happy you found this post – what an incredible story! I can only imagine how special that gift will be. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this comment with me!
      All the best,
      ~ Brynne

      Reply
  4. Heather says

    May 8, 2017 at 5:57 am

    I am loving these patent prints! Thanks for sharing. I have a few picked out for our office!

    Reply
  5. Pamela Perry says

    July 8, 2020 at 8:15 am

    Hi,
    these will be great for my fall project…doing a steampunk type theme journal for my son…thank you. pperry

    Reply

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