LIFE, Google Archive

posted February 10, 2020 #

Whenever I'm at a Flea Market or Antique Store of some sort I keep my eye out for old LIFE Magazines, LOOK Magazine or New York Magazines - publications of that ilk tend to have wildly inspiring typography, wonderful photography and even some interesting articles. They also can serve as a nice repository of art to use in new projects, if you're willing to push that copyright boundary a little bit (let's be honest, it happens a lot).

Google Books has a massive archive of LIFE magazines, scanned in and ready for your perusal. It's not quite as fun as digging through a random crate at a Flea Market but there's no lack of inspiration to be found.

You can go all the way back to 1935 or as recent as Dec 1972.

What is it you're looking for?