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- The Art Institute of Chicago. Let’s start with reference material: the work of great artists that we can use to inform our creative decisions even centuries later.
- UCLA’s Internet Archive of Children’s Story Books. Discover centuries-old stories in this archive of American children’s literature, from ancient fables to classics, for the ultimate historical inspiration for your next children’s book project.
- The British Library’s Collection on Flickr. The UK’s national library is world-renowned for its over 14 million books and several million other resources.
- Heritage Type’s Vintage Bundles. When you’re looking for interesting elements to add directly to a project (like a collage or even a website), vintage illustrations can be a great place to turn, as they are no longer under copyright.
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Find Vintage images dated from 300 to 2022. Download Images of Vintage - Free for commercial use, no attribution required. From: Pattern book - Green pattern design, to Colonial Coronation Contingents Camp at Duke of Yorks School, London - 1902.
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This means that the images (or texts) are no longer held under copyright by any person or corporation, and any individual person can use them for any purpose, including commercial use. You can edit them, change them, resell them or make them available for free on any site. This is EXACTLY what I want for my art, since I need to be able to edit imag...
There’s also “royalty free,” which means that the original copyright owner still holds their copyright license, but other people can use the images for any purpose, including commercial use. You may have to pay a one-time fee to use it, but not always. For instance, Canva has a lot of graphics available for subscribers to use, even for commercial u...
1. Library of Congress
Great for: Vintage photographs, book illustrations, old book pages and papers, maps, paintings, advertisements, newspapers. My favorite resource! It has excellent photographs, book scans, and documents. I mostly use the photos, but have found some cool scans from old science and map books before. Most photos are from before 1930s. Be sure to go to the left sidebar and select “available online” to filter to only those entries, otherwise you’ll pull up a bunch of stuff that isn’t available unle...
2. Pixabay
Great for: Vintage graphics with transparent backgrounds, pre-made art journal backgrounds. My go-to for anything non-photographic. (Though they have a lot of photos as well.) I’ve found lots of great background images, doodles, floral elements, and vintage images that have been clipped out of books. All images are commercial-free/public domain and are tagged with keywords. I’ve also had great luck just looking through specific creators’ uploads, if I liked one of their images.
3. Unsplash
Great for: Photos of “textured” things like fabric, piles of paper, tiles and mosaics. Unsplash has a lot of high quality photographs, particularly of modern technology and people, with a bright, minimalist aesthetic– which means they get used a lot as featured images on blogs. That said, there’s plenty of photos that aren’t massively overused. I’ve found good images of letters, patterns, plants, etc. that I’ve managed to incorporate into my collages without looking like every other blog out...
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FreeVintageArt.com is all about vintage, public domain images for crafters and artisans to enjoy. It wouldn't be any fun if you couldn't safely use the images I've included here, so I've made every effort to ensure that every one of our free vintage images are in the public domain under American copyright law.
