There are a lot of free stock photo websites on the Internet, but most of them provide modern photos. It is not that easy to find old photos from a long time ago. Recently, I discovered this very good photo gallery website “Vintage Stock Photos”. All of them provide retro photo materials. Not only are there a large number and rich categories, but they are also completely free for personal and commercial use. There is no obligation to give feedback links. It is highly recommended that you collect them for emergencies.
Vintage Stock Photos is a free photo gallery website that specializes in retro photo materials for both personal and commercial use.
After entering the Vintage Stock Photos website, the homepage will display a lot of retro photos. It provides a search function. You can enter keywords to quickly find the photos you want (only supports English). And unlike other photo gallery websites, the Vintage Stock Photos website design also follows the retro route, and the design and color matching are very simple:
Retro photos of a certain category will be randomly displayed at the bottom of the homepage:
In particular, this website provides this floating display method, which will be activated when the mouse is moved over the photos. However, I don’t know if the design is incomplete. This floating window will stick to the top of the photos in the upper row, even if the mouse is moved to the photos below, so strictly speaking, this function is not helpful:
The classification options are on the right, and there are currently 18 in total, such as Cities and Towns, People, Street Scenes, Transportation, Vacation & Travel, Family Life, etc. There are many categories, and there is even an exclusive United States Scenes:
After clicking on the category you are interested in, you can view all the photos. Every photo has a sense of age, and some are actually a bit scary:
Not only the West, but also many Eastern retro photos, such as this photo of Oriental girls sitting on a board with the Chinese word “Exit” on the front:
The swimsuit photo below is really very contemporary:
Each category provides a large number of retro photo materials. Of course, there are also such old cars:
Three download sizes are provided, full size, medium size and small size. It also supports direct import into PIXLR for editing:
You need to log in to your account when downloading:
If you don’t have an account yet, click Register in the upper right corner to register:
Fill in your account number, nickname, email and password. Although it emphasizes sending a confirmation email, I waited for several hours after registering and did not receive it. After registering, you can start downloading directly:
After registration, you will be logged in automatically:
After selecting the size, there is a download button below:
No watermark, feel free to use:
The authorization description is acceptable for both personal and commercial use. There is no requirement to include a feedback link and instructions, but if so, they will be very happy. Although there is no problem with commercial use, there are still some restrictions. For example, they are not allowed to re-share, that is, to publish the photos on other websites for people to download as materials:
Source: KOCPC Chinese