Scrapbooking Using Images From the Past

I have been collecting old scrapbooks for years. I buy them at estate and public auctions and love looking through them and doing research about the people or events depicted in them. Some of the scrapbooks are just from common-folk but every once in a while, I find one with historical significance or from a famous person.

The common denominators in all of these old scrapbooks are the images and illustrations. I love old color images and these always seem bright and vivid.

The images also have a quality all their own and look vintage. This is great nostalgia for me and many others so I guess my style preference is eclectic.

I have compiled several images from an old scrapbook for you to view and also some resources where you can find your own.

Have fun and please participate and leave comments.

This image is pre -1923 (Public Domain) and is in the collection of the author, tvyps

This image is pre -1923 (Public Domain) and is in the collection of the author, tvyps

I grew up as a second generation baby. In other words, if I had been born when my parents were younger, I would be in my 70's today. This being said, my Mother and Father were both raised in an older generation.

Being from an older generation, I love older things. My sister and I were exposed to things that they enjoyed including movies, music, culture and many things of older generations.

This exposure allows me to respect the way things were. I absolutely love older images and culture and it shows in anything I do.

The images in this site have been collected from an old scrapbook that dates to the early part of the 20th Century. These are just some of the images in the scrapbook but I wanted to highlight the best.

Also are several of my recommendations on where to obtain vintage images and the publications and link where you can obtain them. My best recommendation is to just buy old magazines and I have bought many through eBay. These magazines have images that you can find nowhere else.

Thanks for stopping by!

Creative Commons Photo Credit

What is a Public Domain Image?

Have you ever wondered why songs like "Amazing Grace" or stories like "Romeo and Juliet" have been re-written and reused so many times without copyright violation?

Many people don't know that any created works, including writing, images, art, music, etc. that obtained copyright prior to 1923 falls in the Public Domain. What exactly is "Public Domain?" Public Domain is a term used to say that those items can be freely used or modified by anyone for any purpose; for profit or not.

Many other types of images and works fall into the Public Domain including Governmental works but the best way to find out is to go to the Creative Commons pages and do searches there. This way, you will find many images that you can freely use.

There are many works that were created 1923 and after that are able to be used but only if the copyright was not renewed. To find out if particular works have copyrights, you need to research each one individually.

For the purpose of using Public Doman images from Creative Commons, I just use the link below which takes you to the search engine for Creative Commons images and works. It is the quickest way.

Use this link to take to the Creative Commons search for Public Domain images and works.

This image is pre -1923 (Public Domain) and is in the collection of the author, tvyps

This image is pre -1923 (Public Domain) and is in the collection of the author, tvyps

This image is pre -1923 (Public Domain) and is in the collection of the author, tvyps

This image is pre -1923 (Public Domain) and is in the collection of the author, tvyps