Collecting vintage photographs to use in my digital collages was one of the first ways I got interested in the public domain! (The other was downloading classic books to put on my ereader in college.) So now, years later, I have a ton of amazing, real (no AI) vintage photographs saved to my computer and I’ve started putting them into groups of similar topics/genres. To make this post, I downloaded the original HQ photos from various archives, cropped them, and did light editing where needed.
I’m sharing them here on Old Fashioned Finds as web friendly (lower quality) images, but if you’re looking for full-sized 300 DPI photos that you can download immediately, I have a bundle available for purchase on my Payhip store here.
Remember, these are in the public domain in the United States, which most likely means they’re in the public domain where YOU are, too! You can use them for anything, including art, collage, commercial purposes, etc. For more about the public domain, check out this guide from Standford.
For this gallery, click on an image to see it larger. Enjoy!
Vintage Egypt
Sources
(NOT in order of how they’re shown in this post, just fyi)
- A train of camels 1940-1946 https://www.loc.gov/item/2019692263/
- Route des pyramides de Gîzeh. 1870 – 1875 https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-4b32-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
- Giseh. Sphinx et les pyramides des Chefren et Mankaura. 1870 – 1875 https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-4b9b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
- Rue Bab el-Vazir. Nº 385 1880 – 1889 https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-609c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
- Vue generale des pyramides 1894 https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-64f1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
- Vue vers les pyramides de Giseh. 1870 – 1875 https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-4b9d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
- The Great Temple of Aboo Simble. Nubia. 1846 – 1849 https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-0e63-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
- Fig. 6. Amenôf II [Amenhotep II]. Fig. 7. Ramses I. Fig. 8. Menephtah II [Merneptah]. Fig. 9. Menephtah III [Seti II]. Fig. 10. Uerri [Sethnakhte]. Fig. 11. Ramses VI. 1832 – 1844 https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-485d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
- Village arabe Nº 419 1880 – 1889 https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6094-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
- Egypt: Egyptian lady between 1890 and 1923 https://www.loc.gov/item/2001705649/
- An Egyptian cafe, Cairo c1896 https://www.loc.gov/item/98515827/
- Four pyramids of Gizeh, Egypt c1906 https://www.loc.gov/item/95502862/
- Pharoah’s daughters, water carriers, Egypt c1922 https://www.loc.gov/item/92502602/
- Egypt: Dancing girl between 1890 and 1923 https://www.loc.gov/item/2001705648/
- Sphynx et la grande pyramide. 1860 – 1929 https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-615b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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