Vintage Public domain Images

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Hi,

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

Thanks,

Daphne

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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”

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 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.

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

Colorwash's Home

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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

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

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