Images from the past

The majority of stock images are boring, why not look for real ones? The Internet offers now some interesting ways to get your hands on images from the past, great to transfer your audience to a point back in history. Here are a few of my favorite sources:

The images used here:

• A 1960 Paris street scene by Roger Wollstadt
• An 1960s Old Mobile ad
• A 1961 cover of Time Magazine
• A 2000 home page of Duarte Design on The Way Back Machine

Creative commons images on Flickr, search by date

Vintage ads, watch out for copyright

Vintage magazine covers

Vintage websites (duarte.com ~2000)