Collage Material
A lot of sites have way mor to offer than engravings but that is my style @kaiswerk. Please check the license to use a lot of them are in the public domain but not all of them.
Old Book Illustrations - mostly engravings
- Classic and most easy to use Old Book Illustrations
- Hamburgs Stabi Engravings Filter Recherche
- Hamburger Kunsthalle engravings
- Watercolour World also by map
- MET Engravings
- Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive | by Michael John Goodman
- "Engravings." | Wellcome Collection
- Flickr Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Flickr Vintage Illustration Group
- Flickr Engraving Official Group
- Vintage Engravings, Etching Group
A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776) — The Public Domain Review -The Public Domain Review is a cool ressorce
- Agence eureka - is a random collection
- fromoldbooks random collection) a little low rez
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection | The Collection
really well maintained Collections
- Japanese Print Search and Database
- best Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants c82
- best British & Exotic Mineralogy c82
Posters "Vintage" Art
- Free Classic Images Posters of diffrent types
- Film Posters from the Harry Ransom Center
- Museum Digital Deutschland from a lot of Museums
- Book Cover Archive
- OSPAAAL political mid centurary posters and CSPG, politicalgraphics
- minimal Icon by theicod
- Flickr pulp mid-century illustrations
Travel "Vintage" Art
- LCC Tramways Posters - London Picture Archive
- Flickr Travel Posters
- Flickr Boston Public Library Travel Posters
- Free Vintage Travel Posters
- Internet Archive: Hotel Postcards
- London Transport Museum Train Station Posters
- RETOURS railway history, design and photography
Historic Photographs
Sadly a lot of these resources are very American focused. The world is more diverse and I would love to link to more sites featuring the other continent
- Shorpy Old Photos might be the easiest to use
- Public Domain Collections: The New York Public Library
- Flickr US National Archives
- Photogrammar 1935-1945 US Farm Photographs based on a map there is more on Photogrammar
- Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!
- National Library of New Zealand
- Calisphere: The deeper you look, the more you discover.
- Online-Portal 1000 x Berlin :: Museum Neukölln currently offline
- New Old Stock
- Musée Albert Kahn - Portail des collections
- Flickr SwellMap idk but the images are fun
Museums Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art might have one of the best filter systems
- Rijksmuseum
- Van Gogh Museum
- Collection (Getty Museum)) and Getty Search Gateway Home
- Search | Smithsonian Institution and Smithsonian Open Access | Smithsonian Institution
- Historic England - Championing England's heritage
- Online Research Catalogues | British Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- germanisches Nationalmuseum
- Deutsches Technikmuseum Objects
- Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek - Kultur und Wissen online
- Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur - Startseite Bildindex
General Collections
- Flickr Commons and Public Domain om rawpixel
- Visit 2+ Million Free Works of Art from 20 World-Class Museums Free Online Collection
- Collections — The Public Domain Review
- Design Inspiration Archives - Google Docs
- 3D Sketchfab Launches Public Domain Dedication for 3D Cultural Heritage
- CC Search Portal
- Das prometheus-Bildarchiv I think only usable with a log in
Magazines
- Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine or 80s sci fi book covers
- Internet Archive: National Geographic Magazine or Vintage National Geographic Scans
- Internet Archive: Magazine Rack
- Internet Archive: The Pulp Magazine Archive
- Internet Archive: American Cinematographer
- old magazine articles
- Canadian Mail Order Catalogues - Library and Archives Canada
- IKEA kataloger 1951-2021 - IKEA Museum
- BRAVO - Eine kleine Zeitreise bravo-archiv
etc. hobby Collections
- Colnect verbindet Sammler: Colnect
- John Harris: landscape, science fiction and marine artist also more sci fi 80s book covers are great
- ZIGSAM - THE AUSTRIAN CIGARETTE COLLECTION was used in cigarettes & traffic
- Phillipine Cassett Archive
- fotoerbe.de: Dem Verschwinden entgegentreten
- Yes, I did drop 90GB of my work to Public Domain
- わたしのファミカセ展 2024 - My Famicase Exhibition 2024
- STUDIO GHIBLI
Color Tools
- Colormind - the AI powered color palette generator
- Poolors bad color combos and Coolors Palettes
- RandomA11y - Endless collection of accessible color combos
- CSS Gradient Generator without grey in between
Further Tools
a sad notice
Since a lot of these sites compile old media they sadly are the target of the way to long copyright take downs. Just like this Vintage Ad Browser - Page Not Found which is just sad. Nobody profits off keeping art locked away for the time Walt Disney could die and his empire buy out everyone. I really do hope that copyright = the contract between everyone and the artists gets changed so that artists can create more often on the things that came before.