Vintage Graphics & Antique Clip Art
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Antique clip art, vintage graphics, photos, and advertising art for paper crafts
Vintage graphics on old-time photos, retro greeting cards, sheet music, antique advertising, and other paper items add a warm and nostalgic feeling to crafts and unique hand made gifts.The vintage clip art, photos and line art drawings you find in old magazines or books and pre-1970 cards or posters add homey charm to scrapbooks and crafts.
Bits of printed vintage clip art and headlines snipped from old posters, handbills, newspaper cuts, magazine clippings and book pages embellish altered books, artist trading cards, paper crafts, gift tags and scrapbook pages with vintage style and visual interest.
Many vintage graphics can be enlarged into prints suitable for framing. Decoupage and collage are perfect frugal crafts that make use of vintage graphics and antique clip art.
Save or share this page to use for future paper crafts - I will be updating it frequently with new sources for vintage graphics, retro clip art and old photo sources in the public domain.
Bits of printed vintage clip art and headlines snipped from old posters, handbills, newspaper cuts, magazine clippings and book pages embellish altered books, artist trading cards, paper crafts, gift tags and scrapbook pages with vintage style and visual interest.
Many vintage graphics can be enlarged into prints suitable for framing. Decoupage and collage are perfect frugal crafts that make use of vintage graphics and antique clip art.
Save or share this page to use for future paper crafts - I will be updating it frequently with new sources for vintage graphics, retro clip art and old photo sources in the public domain.
Vintage Clip Art for Holiday Crafts
Vintage Valentine Graphics
Vintage St. Patrick's Day Clip Art
Vintage Easter Graphics
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In This Vintage Graphics Collection ...
- Vintage Graphics - Retro Clip Art
- Retro Advertising Art - 1940s through 1960s Clipart
- Vintage Clip Art Collections
- Vintage Photographs
- Vintage Sheet Music
- Vintage Clip Art Collections for Collages or Scrapbooks
- Vintage Valentine Clip Art
- Vintage St. Patrick's Day Cards & Irish Graphics
- Vintage Easter Clip Art and Greeting Cards
- Vintage Patriotic Clip Art and Graphics
- Vintage Halloween Graphics Collection
- Vintage Halloween Clip Art
- Antique Prints Clip Art: Newspapers, Sheet Music, Books and Documents
- Vintage European Santa Claus Art
- Vintage Christmas Graphics
- Vintage Magazines
- Vintage Clipart Labels - Antique Package Graphics
- Vintage Art Crafts
- Vintage Card Crafts
- Featured Nostalgia and Collectibles Lenses
- Vintage Effects: PhotoShop Brushes & Fonts
- Free Vintage Graphics Caveat
Vintage Graphics - Retro Clip Art
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Vintage and Retro Clip Art Collections - give a thumbs up to help sort and rank this link list of free vintage clip art If you find a good collection, please suggest a link to your favorite retro clip art collection.
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Free Victorian Clipart
Free Victorian Clipart. Copyright free images from more...5 points
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Liam’s Pictures from Old Books
Scanned woodcuts, photographs, engravings and text more...4 points
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The Graphics Fairy Blog
Free Vintage & Victorian Clip Art Blog-New Stu more...2 points
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Vintage Graphics, Retro Clip Art, Old Post Card Images, Antique Advertising Art
Vintage clipart from public domain postcards, maga more...2 points
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Us Library of Congress
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Victorian Vignettes
Free victorian and edwardian images for personal, more...1 point
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Free Trinkets And Treasures
a blog dedicated to supplying free vintage clip ar more...1 point
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Old Book Illustrations: pictures scanned from old books
... a wide range of illustrations scanned from old more...1 point
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Peace Clip Art - Sixties Retro Graphics
The peace sign and other symbols for peace are pop more...1 point
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http://www.callmevictorian.com
Vintage images and retro digital scrapbbooking fre more...1 point
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Free Vintage Images
Free vintage images, Victorian and retro clip art more...0 points
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Index to Hundreds of Old Images
Complete text index to hundreds of Victorian, chil more...0 points
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Vintage Resources Exchange
Collection of free Vintage images and ephemera, in more...0 points
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Grandma's Graphics: Unique Images from the Past
Grandma's Graphics offers unique graphic images an more...0 points
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Vintage Portraits from old photos
Turn your photos into beautiful handmade vintage p more...0 points
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www.vintageimagecraft.com
Crafts for all holidays and occasions - for all ag more...0 points
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Cowboy Clip Art - Old West Graphics
Cowboy Clip Art, Country and Western Graphics, thi more...0 points
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Images and Posters For Teachers (Library of Congress)
Learn about the Homefront in the USA, from the Tea more...0 points
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Vintage Patriotic Posters
Old time patriotic posters are filled with symboli more...0 points
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The Vintage Moth
Free antique and vintage images for mixed media ar more...0 points
Retro Advertising Art - 1940s through 1960s Clipart
Classic Illustrations, Magazine Adverts and Newspaper Cuts
Plan 59 - Museum of 1950s art with many small graphics and shop to buy large format repros
Retro Ads 30s to 60s - cheesecake beauties plus ice cream signs, bicycle posters, postcard fronts
Vintage Clip Art Collections
Everything old is new again - antique graphics are hot
If you want to find many old time images in one place, you can buy a collection of vintage graphics on CDROM and print what you need when you want to add retro features to paper crafts.
Vintage Photographs
Faces from our past, links to the future
I just love this formal photograph of my maternal grandmother, Martha Theussert, as a young teen in Germany.- Family Old Photos
- Free genealogy old photograph archive of old pictures of people and places - share yours or find missing family pix and homesteads.
- Vintage 1920's to 1930's Brides We Love
- Vintage Brides from Gulden & Brown
- Real Frontier Photo Post Cards
- Frontier Vintage Photos
- Old Box of Photos
- art-e-zine Vintage Image Resources. Send in your nice vintage images in return for using these
- Library of Congress Vintage Photographs
- Amazing assortment of photographs ranging from the historic to the whimsical.
Vintage Sheet Music
Get 'em Before They're Gone - Antique Sheet Music on eBay
You can find wonderful old sheet music prints on eBay.
Vintage Clip Art Collections for Collages or Scrapbooks
Bits and pieces, oldies but goodies
Here are my favorite sources for free vintage clip art to embellish art and craft projects including greeting cards, collage, steampunk, scrapbook and altered art creations.
- Plan59 - Retro Galleries Directory
- Plan59 Retro Illustrations and Graphics from 1950s print media
- Free Victorian Scrapbook Images
- Averyl's Attic offers Victorian etiquette advice, antiques, poetry, clip art, history and pretty things.
- Pictures from Old Books
- Scanned images in a searchable index, all out of copyright and in public domain. High resolution and other sizes available for download or print.
- Greeting Card Museum
- Greeting Card Museum-Enjoy a virtual tour while learning about the history of Postcards and Greeting Cards from Victorian times to the 20th century.
- Vintage Christmas Paper Dolls
- Christmas Paper Dolls from vintage magazines, now in the public domain.
- Edward Lear, Book of Nonsense 1-10
- Limericks and line drawings from Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense.
- Vintage images from the Library of Congress
- Library of Congress public domain downloaded vintage images, resized for use as clip art.
- The Hippie Herbalist - Free Old Fashioned Grapics & Clip Art
- Vintage cuts from old type graphics for advertising, people, household objects, dividers and lines plus antique printing and writing art.
- Old Fashioned Clipart | Free Clip Art Blog
- Free clip art released to the public domain by the original artist - a collection compiled by foovay.
- Ol Time Railraod Clip Art Collection
- All sorts of old train graphics, railroad clip art and historic vintage clip art of the golden era of railroads. Many of the images here have been made available through the courtesy of Ken Houghton of Houghton's Rail Images.
- Free Genealogy Clip Art
- Free graphics, clip art, images, templates, fonts, backgrounds, photos for the family historian.
- Old Books Pack – 17 Free Images | Media Militia
- This is a collection of pages, covers, cardboard, and ripped up parts of old books in graphic format. You can use these images for commercial or personal use, just don't redistribute them.
- Free Vector Retro Clipart Collection
- This free retro clipart collection contains 7 authentic vector illustrations of people and animals from the fifties, forties, and thirties
- Free Vintage Images by Alteredkat
- Free Vintage Images for Altered Art & Mixed Media Collage Creations
Vintage Valentine Clip Art
Victorian Valentine cards and graphics
- Vintage Valentine Card Graphics - Antique Valentine's Day Clip Art
- Vintage Valentine clip art from public domain postcards, graphics and valentine greeting cards, printable antique love graphics for romantic wedding, bridal, shower and Valentine's Day paper crafts.
- Vintage Valentine Images to Make Your Own Valentines
- Valentine's Day vintage cards, free vintage art for crafts and romantic creative valentine ideas.
- Vintage Valentine Art Collection - Cupids & Children
- Cupids, adorable children, lace and flowers vintage Valentine scans.
- Hearts Atwirl - Vintage Valentine Cards from the early to mid 20th Century
- Lovely personal collection of old Valentines, organized by type - nice big pictures and descriptions.
- Card Museum - History of Valentine Cards
- Valentine greetings cards in detail, with front and back pictures including closeups of mechanical cards.
- Vintage Victorian Valentine Clip Art
- Charming lace embellished heart free vintage clip art image.
Vintage St. Patrick's Day Cards & Irish Graphics
Antique Cards Capture a Glimpse of Simpler Times and Holiday Delight
- Vintage St. Patrick's Day Graphics
- Vintage St. Patrick's Day art from public domain postcards, magazines and old adverts, printable graphics for paper crafts.
- Free Vintage Clip Art - St. Patrick's Day Card
- Old time St. Patrick's Day clip art from the collection at The Graphics Fairy.
- St. Patrick's Gallery - Emotions Card Museum
- St. Patrick's Gallery of antique cards with history and manufacturing details.
Vintage Easter Clip Art and Greeting Cards
Antique Easter Card Graphics
Antique Easter cards feature images and symbols that are rare today.- Vintage Easter Graphics
- Vintage Easter clip art from public domain postcards, magazines and old adverts, printable antique graphics for paper crafts.
- Vintage Easter Art - Children in an Eggshell Boat with Hare
- One in a collection Victorian style Easter illustrations that can be downloaded for personal use, such as stationary and gift-giving.
- Vintage Easter Images
- Free Vintage Easter Clip Art from The Graphics Fairy Blog
- Vintage Easter Postcards
- Vintage Easter Postcards pictures published by shenanny - pictures from collecting photos on webshots
- Vintage Easter greeting cards, decorations & pictures
- Vintage Easter images and pictures from vintage albums from Webshots.
Vintage Patriotic Clip Art and Graphics
Post cards, photographs and antique patriotic clip art
Interesting patriotic graphics from years gone by, many from vintage greeting cards, hand bills and public domain photos.
- Vintage Images of US Patriotic Symbols and Icons
- Vintage patriotic graphics from historic documents and vintage graphic arts - advertising, cards, postcards and posters.
- Patriotic Clip Art
- Vintage Patriotic Clipart. Copyright free images from my personal collection for you to use in your art work.
- The Saurus Press Free Vintage Military and Patriotic Clipart
- Free Vintage Clipart. The pictures on this page are excerpted from a U. S. Army Recruiting Service advertisement originally published in 1946.
Vintage Halloween Graphics Collection
Halloween: Vintage Holiday Graphics (Icons)
Amazon Price: $12.90 (as of 02/14/2012)
Vintage Halloween Clip Art
Happy Halloween graphics, retro clip art
- Vintage Holiday Crafts and Free Clip Art
- Your home for free clip art, vintage clip art, scrapbook papers, free printable greeting cards and fun holiday crafts!
- Halloween Gallery - Free Vintage Halloween Clip Art
- Free black and white old style clip art to use for Halloween crafts and collectibles
- Public Domain Vintage Halloween Clipart
- Fun and free public domain vintage Halloween clip art graphics.
Antique Prints Clip Art: Newspapers, Sheet Music, Books and Documents
Vintage European Santa Claus Art
Father Christmas Vintage Graphic
Old St. Nicholas, Sinter Klaas, Kris Kringle line art based on vintage graphic. Click image to open a new page and download a printable version from LeeHansen.com.
Vintage Christmas Graphics
Old time Christmas graphics have a timeless quality. They appeal to almost everyone with nostalgic images of family life, Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus, snowy scenes and the Yule log.- Vintage Christmas Card Art
- Vintage Christmas clip art from graphics printed on antique postcards, magazines and advertising, printable antique Christmas graphics for paper crafts.
- Vintage Images of Christmas
- Victorian Santa Claus Clip Art Pictures of Christmas Past
- Olde-Fashioned Vintage Christmas Images Collection
- Olde-Fashioned Christmas Eve-small images, and larger graphics with watermarks that can be cropped out for some uses.
- Vintage Santa Claus Pictures - Clipart
- Vintage Santa Claus Pictures, various styles in different colored clothing.
- Free Christmas Clipart, Original and Vintage Christmas Clipart Free Downloads
- Free Print and Download Free Christmas Clipart
- Small Vintage Christmas Images
- Vintage Images of Christmas about 100 years old (c.1890 to c.1917). Many of these images were taken from post cards and greeting cards that were originally printed by chromolithography.
- Christmas printables - Victorian Santas & Gift Tags
- Free Printable vintage Christmas gift tags, graphics and more.
- Christmas Shopping - 19th Century Graphic
- A nice black and white 1904 holiday shoppers illustration by Frederic Remington
Vintage Magazines
Scan the ads, illustrations and photos for vintage graphics
Vintage Clipart Labels - Antique Package Graphics
Early to mid-20th century products were shipped in wooden crates with colorful labels
Nice Collage of Ephemera - a whole big page of vintage labels, tags, book fronts, enclosure cards and sheet music
Antique Fruit Labels, PhotoShop Brushes
Old Time Photographs
Images tagged with keyword "vintage" or "retro"
Old time vintage photos and retro graphics available from Flickr contributors.
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Vintage Art Crafts
Projects to make from vintage graphics and ephemera
Create your own "antiques" with these charming craft patterns and techniques for making new things look and feel old.
- Crafts with a Vintage Look
- Ideas, instructions and resources for projects using vintage image. Craft glossary, public-domain vintage images for download - free.
- Vintage handcrafted product labels
- Use these vintage designs to create enticing labels for your own specialty beverages, foods and baked goods, and handmade crafts.
- DIY: Vintage Tins & Free Labels
- DIY vintage can pretties and labels you can print (with tutorial)
- How to make Steampunk Jewelry
- Learn how to make steampunk jewelry with this easy jewelry making tutorial.Steampunk jewelry is a combination of Victorian femininity and strong, bold, mechanical technology. Steampunk art materials and Steampunk supplies may consist of vintage clock gears, cogs, pocket watch parts like hands, brass
Featured Nostalgia and Collectibles Lenses
Let the Good Old Times Roll
Vintage Effects: PhotoShop Brushes & Fonts
Retro and vintage style brushes, textures and type add an old time look to your designs.
- Brushes for Photoshop - free brush by damnedinblack.net
- free photoshop brushes download
- Vintage Lady Art
- PhotoShop brushes featuring vintage ladies designs..
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jimmyworldstar
Feb 2, 2012 @ 11:31 pm | delete
- I love vintage graphics. It's interesting comparing advertisements nowadays to those when I grew up and even to centuries earlier. You really get to see the evolution of technology and social norms.
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GrammaLinda
Jan 7, 2012 @ 6:52 pm | delete
- Very helpful lens. Thank you!
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LittleLindaPinda Jan 4, 2012 @ 8:13 pm | delete
- I used to sell beautifu decorator vintage oil paintings with the gorgeous old vintage look ornate frames. This made me miss that business. Nice lens. Thank you.
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Cercis
Dec 28, 2011 @ 8:55 pm | delete
- Boy, I wish I were more creative. However, I just seem to collect "stuff" and keep looking for ideas! I really enjoyed this lens with all its possibilities.
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i-PhoneDeveloper
Dec 26, 2011 @ 5:03 pm | delete
- very nice collection i really like it all photos
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RobinDM
Nov 30, 2011 @ 9:18 pm | delete
- Thank you so much! This is just a wonderful resource!
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IraMency
Nov 25, 2011 @ 10:27 pm | delete
- I kept trying to link my site to the above, but it kept saying that my link was invalid. I design and give away vintage graphics, buttons, avatars, and banners great for Etsy shops or the like. Free website graphics. http://IraMencyDesigns.blogspot.com or Http://www.IraMencyDesigns.com
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lizziebeth
Nov 25, 2011 @ 5:59 pm | delete
- I love vintage graphics and hope to use them in my lenses and also in some Christmas cards for next year. How fun to have so many links to vintage clip art and retro graphics here. I love to look at vintage images! Thanks for sharing these.
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NorDac
Nov 24, 2011 @ 9:18 pm | delete
- Nice lens, squid angel blessed
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Irenemaria
Nov 21, 2011 @ 11:20 am | delete
- Now I have realized that I AM VINTAGE too. All these pictures are what I saw in my childhood. Nice lens..
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MorningShine
Nov 15, 2011 @ 9:57 am | delete
- Love this lens. Thank you.
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Close2Art
Nov 11, 2011 @ 9:16 am | delete
- very nice lens with neat vintage art, love it...:)rob
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Nov 9, 2011 @ 2:47 pm | delete
- I found exactly what I needed here (vintage Christmas graphics). Many thanks! *Blessed*
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backdropexpress
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- I love vintage arts the most! Nice lens!
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- I love vintage arts the most! Nice lens!
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Free Vintage Graphics Caveat
Not all vintage art is in the public domain, and not all retro graphics or photos are "free." Vintage graphics and retro art from collections offered for sale should not be used without permission unless the copyright owner's terms of use state you can reuse part or all from the collection.
It's your responsibility to determine the legal use of any graphic resources suggested in this lens. We review and recommend resources for you to check out on your own.
Always be sure to determine the terms of use for text, recordings, graphics or photos you find in books or online. If you use anything created by another person for any purpose it is your responsibility to check terms of use and to respect copyright laws.
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A bit about Pastiche
Hi there - I'm Pastiche, the unofficial clip art and coloring book queen of Squidoo. I'm really a graphic artist with a passion for crafts and I love paper crafts and collage. This lens is filled with my favorite sources for finding free vintage clip art. Check out a few of my other lenses, many of them are crafts-related but others are a mix of my diverse interests including organic foods, green living, recycling, nature, gardening and photography.
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