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Vintage Letterhead Templates

Ten vintage and antique letterhead designs drawn from late-1800s American mercantile and apothecary stationery — engraved scrolls, ornate borders, Western slabs, blackletter mastheads, telegram forms, and botanical specimens. Sepia, oxblood, parchment, never bright.

Pick a design

10 designs · two formats each.

Every template ships in both Microsoft Word (.dotx) and Google Docs. The .dotx download opens in Word as a fresh document; the Google Docs link opens a copy directly in your browser.

Mercantile Establishment (1890s)

Quintessential 1890s "ESTABLISHED" lockup with a serif company name and italic "Purveyors of [Wares]" subline.

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Engraved Banner with Scroll Ribbon

A drawn sepia ribbon banner above a serif company name and tracked "EST · CITY" subline. Trade-card feel.

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Apothecary Label

Heavy double rules framing a small-caps company name, "APOTHECARY · DRUGGIST · CHEMIST" overhead, and "No. [123] · [City]" beneath.

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Ornate Border (Engraved Frame)

Full-page double-rule border framing a small-caps oxblood company name and italic established line.

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Western Outfitters

Bold slab company name flanked by stars, with "& SONS · PROPRIETORS" caps beneath. Old-Timey saloon register.

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Newspaper Masthead

Large bold "The [Name]" masthead with a thick rule and a Vol/No/Date/City/Price line beneath. Press register.

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Letterpress Two-Color

Sepia + oxblood register — drawn shield seal above a small-caps oxblood company name and italic "since [Year]" line.

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Heraldic Trade Crest

Quartered shield with a center initial above tracked "[YOUR COMPANY]" caps and italic "Trade Card · Estab. [Year]" subline.

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Telegram / Cable Office

Western Union register — monospace "CABLE · TELEGRAM · WIRE" header, bold company name, and FROM/TO/DATE form line.

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Botanical Herbarium

Italic display name with a small drawn botanical specimen sprig above and a "Specimen No · [Year]" subline.

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How to use them

Customize in two minutes.

Pick a design and choose your editor — Microsoft Word downloads the template (a .dotx file; opening it creates a fresh document and leaves the original intact for next time), or Google Docs prompts you to make a copy in Drive.
Replace the placeholder tokens — [Your Name], [Family Name], [Street Address], [Recipient], etc. Embedded graphics (monograms, crests, ornaments) can be replaced with your own — right-click → Change Picture (Word), or click → Replace image (Google Docs).
Type your letter where the sample paragraph is. Save and print on standard 8.5 × 11 paper, or send as a PDF.

You’re free to customize these templates and use them without restriction — please don’t redistribute the files elsewhere on the web.

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