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Retro
Everything old is new again – and with our great selection of retro and vintage royalty-free photos, we make it easy to bring the past to life. Take a trip down memory lane with fashion pictures inspired by the Victorian era or architectural images from the art deco age.
More retro and vintage categories:
Steampunk style
Renaissance style
Vintage food and drink
Vintage nautical theme stock photos
Vintage tattoo style
Vintage medical diagram
1920's style
1930's style
1940's style
1950's style
1960's style
1970's style
1980's style
1990's style
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Unique retro-and-vintage finds from our Signature collection
iStock’s ever-growing Signature collection features millions of authentic images—including these awe-inspiring retro-and-vintage photos—that you won’t find on any other stock site.
Vintage image of a mother and her children at a stop on the road.
Photo collection XXL with clipping path (outside border)
Old Developed Film Light Leaks from A film camera. Expired and developed film from vintage Exakta camera, with a lot of dust, scratches and light leaks.
vintage photo of a wedding with all the scratches and wrinkles of the original photo.
Retro computer isolated on white. Clipping path included for easy change background.
Most popular retro-and-vintage photos
These eye-catching photos have a recognizable quality and universal appeal that connects with audiences everywhere.
A period correct 1960's television displaying a cowboy scene on the screen (not simulated) with a little boy dressed as a cowboy watching the screen. Image toned to match the era.
Please Stand By overlaid on vintage television test pattern.
Vintage photograph of Victorian british army, Gymnastic team, Aldershot, 19th Century
"Retro-styled postcard of a crowded baseball (or football) stadium. All faces have been totally obscured and are unrecognizable. For hundreds of vintage postcards, click on the banner below:"
Abstract film strip texture background, made with film camera, expired film and scanned to jpg
Vintage image of a boy and a girl drinking hot chocolate with a table
Vintage image of a mother and her children before boarding an airplane on a summer vacation.
Vintage Paper isolated (clipping path included)
Vintage image of a girl and boy brothers playing at home
A Retro 40s-50s style antique postcard with a surfer surfing Pacific Ocean waves in the water off a tropical beach of Kauai, Hawaii, USA.
Hand painted grunge texture on paper. More like this in my portfolio.
Set of 19th century illustrations of Poppy, Scarlet fuchsia, Lilac, Anemone simplex, Geum coccineum, Gentiana. Engraving by Pierre-Joseph Redoute. Published in Choix Des Plus Belles Fleurs, Paris (1827).
Grungy Instant Photo Frame Variation isolated on white (excluding the shadows)
Cropped shot of bar stools in a retro diner
This is a photo that was originally taken with black and white film and later scanned as a digital file. There is space above the woodie that can be extended vertically to add copy if desired.Click on the links below to view lightboxes.
A Retro 40s-50s style antique postcard with a surfer on a tropical beach.
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