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Vintage Public domain Images

daphsam — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:52:11 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering where everyone gets the vintage Christmas and retro images that I see so much on designs.

Thanks,

Daphne

Re: Vintage Public domain Images

idraw — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 13:31:48 GMT

A suggestion, search on the web for “vintage public domain images “. There is plenty of info there, free images of all kinds, just have to put in the time going thru the links to find what you are looking for.

Also there are several posts that pertain when doing a search on the forums for “public domain images”

Re: Vintage Public domain Images

KeegansCreation — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:16:19 GMT

My go-to is the New York Public Library public domain collections.

https://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain

A search for holiday greeting cards brings up many options. I've gotten Christmas designs from there but also Thanksgiving, Halloween, 4th of July etc.

Many of them are messy and will need to be cleaned up in your graphics program.

Re: Vintage Public domain Images

Barbara — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:01:54 GMT

My personal favorite is Open Access at the Smithsonian: https://www.si.edu/OpenAccess

Colorwash's Home

Re: Vintage Public domain Images

Maidinmontana — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 03:00:01 GMT

Hi, does Zazzle allow selling old, out dated, expired copyrights? The sites I use say 100% free to use, but that still scares me when it comes to reselling. Thanks

Re: Vintage Public domain Images

KeegansCreation — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:21:46 GMT

Expired copyrights are fine. But strongly beware "free to use". That doesn't mean public domain and it might come with strings attached.