On the occasion of its demise, here is a very brief history of Microsoft’s Clip Art illustrated, naturally, with Microsoft Clip Art. Microsoft first introduced Clip Art with the release of Word ...

Microsoft began to offer Clip Art as a free built-in feature of their products in the mid-1990s. From having only 82 Clip Art files in 1996, the collection eventually grew.

Microsoft is killing off clip art, after 31 years of faithfully serving PC users who wanted to jazz up their presentations or add interest to a printed sign with the use of silhouetted stick ...