History picture library

Welcome to one of the world’s largest and most unusual collections of historical pictures and vintage imagery. Here you will find illustrations from original artwork, books, magazines, illustrated papers, posters, prints, postcards, trade cards, old photographs and ephemera of all types. We offer simple pricing for personal and commercial licensing, with immediate downloads for customers worldwide.

Illustrated articles

"Flem's mouldy fluid" In 1928 a Scottish doctor named Fleming ...

Unlucky Logie Baird What could a man build with an old tea chest ...

Roman gluttony Ancient Rome grew powerful and wealthy ...

The Children’s Newspaper

Historic news stories available for licensing.

15 July 1950 In the Realms of the Rains: Wet Records Shadow Over the Land of the Morning Calm How to Recognise an Insect Robert Louis Stevenson's Famous Grandfather

Comic characters

Look and Learn owns the rights to over one hundred comic characters from classic children’s magazines of the twentieth century, all of which are available for licensing.