The scariest thing about time is how fast it goes. It’s so fast that most of us doesn’t even know what we’ve missed, and before we know it, they’re all gone in a blink and all that is left are vintage images of the past which will just oftentimes, bring nostalgic feelings of the good ol’days. Sorry, I just can’t help feeling nostalgic this new year prompting me to gather some good ol’stuff like this round-up of 500+ free exquisite vintage textures and backgrounds that you can download and use right away without the hassles of going to antique shops or searching in your granma’s attic. These are all free, but please make sure your read each of their terms before using. Blast your way to the past, download and enjoy.
8 Old Books Textures by Flowersong
This old book texture pack contains eight huge hi-res textures, each about 3000px on its longer side, on transparent backgrounds.
5 Vintage Sheet Music Pack by Neonescence
A set of five dirty sheet music textures that produces interesting results.
253 Various Vintage Textures and Objects by Playingwithbrushes
Dig in to Playingwithbrushes awesome collection of 253 various images of vintage textures and objects.
63 Free Vintage Textures for Layers by Pink Sherbet Photography
Pink Sherbet shares a total of 63 free textures. A mixture of various kinds of textures mostly vintage letters, grunge walls, photos and papers.
8 Vintage Textures from Jodys Photography
This set contains eight varities of high quality vintage textures like old paints, grungy walls, wine label, etc.
72 Colorful Vintage Grunge Textures by Krakograft
These beautiful and colorful vintage textures are contained in 10 packs and presented in a stylish flash menu where you can preview textures from each pack.
33 Ecrit Vintage Textures and Backgrounds by Boccacino
Included in this set are elegant vintage writings on walls, postcards, papers, etc.
12 HQ Vintage Textures and Backgrounds from Dezignus
Find in this set 12 HQ Vintage textures, covered with flower’s style patterns. Good as a web-site’s or print’s grunge backgrounds. Different design elements, colors, textures and patterns.
5 High-resolution Vintage Wallpaper Textures from Texture Vault
These beautifuly grungy old wallpaper textures were made with layers of fabric, paper, grunge effects to produce such gorgeous results.
5 High-resolution Victorian Grunge Textures from Freaky665
Here are five must have high-resolution victorian grunge style wallpaper type textures that you’ll definitely want to use.
12 Free High-resolution Old Book Texture Pack from BittBox
This set contains 12 textures measuring 3000px from BittBox. These are dissected and scanned pages from a 50-year old book.
33 Vintage Textures and Backgrounds from Dying Beauty Stock
Dying Beauty Stock Photography has a total of 38 textures and backgrounds available in gallery but 5 of which are not vintage but still worth having as spare images for future use.
William Bell on February 12, 2010
Wa! It’s so cool. I like these.
oneredsock on February 12, 2010
Wow… thank you so much for collecting this (not so) little lot together, and sharing it! They will be great for some of the projects I have in mind, and now I have a load more resouces to go to when I’m hunting
I shall be back and exploring the rest of the site soon!
fiftyfootelvis on February 15, 2010
Some nice stuff in there, especially the old book.
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Psd-tutorial.com on February 17, 2010
wow! nice texture. The Old Books are very cool!
Bogcess on March 1, 2010
Wow! So many vintage designs to choose from!
Wolf on March 4, 2010
Very cool! I shall remember this :3
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ARTisani on May 10, 2010
Thanks, very nice and big collection.
Not to mention very usefull.
CSSReX on May 10, 2010
I am loving the music pack.
Thanks for that!!
Thinkstock on May 11, 2010
This is a fantastic collection! Finding just the right background texture is always more difficult than it seems like it should be, so anywhere that we can find inspiration is always helpful. We’ve shared this collection with our @Thinkstock followers. Thanks!
Scott Corgan on May 12, 2010
They are amazing textures and a great collection. Thank you!
Sharon on May 12, 2010
Wow those are awesome. I do alot of work with Victorian era art. Thanks so much
Brochure Design Templates on June 19, 2010
Wow! A nice resource collection. Thank You. I am certain many designers would look forward to this
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