Overview

Every day, thousands of visitors from around the world browse images on Vintage Maine Images. People purchase images for personal, non-profit, and commercial use. Images are used to decorate homes and offices, and others are used in major publications and films. We work with historians, writers, filmmakers, artists, designers, students, educators, and those simply interested in Maine history.

Personal Use

Whether you're working on a genealogy project, looking for a unique way to decorate, or want to give a truly special gift, Vintage Maine Images has all your shopping needs. Purchase digital files and print the images yourself or use online. Buy archival photographic print reproductions that are museum-quality and are suitable for framing. We also offer the low-cost option of plain paper study prints for reference purposes (not suitable for framing).

Non-profits

VMI offers discounts to non-profits who want to license our images for use.

Some of our recent non-profit clients include:

Abbe Museum · American Library Association · American Textile History Museum · Boston Children's Museum · Community Counseling Center · Fenimore Art Museum · Friends of Evergreen Cemetery · Hartford Art Museum · Historic New England · Maine Community Foundation · Maine DOT · Maine Maritime Museum · Maine Public Broadcasting Network · Maine Rivers · Masonic Trustees · National Endowment for the Arts · National Gallery of Canada · National Guard Association · Natural Resources Council of Maine · Nautical Research Guild · Naval War College Museum · New · Northeast Historic Films · Portland Museum of Art · Portland Regional Chamber · Portland Trails · Smithsonian Institution · The Daguerrian Society · The Pew Environmental Group · The Trust for Public Land · Wells Reserve · And numerous historical societies, museums, colleges, and universities nationwide.

Commercial Projects

We're pleased to offer image licensing for creative commercial projects. These include books, magazines, newspapers, films, television broadcast, advertising, presentations, websites, commercial décor, interpretive panels, and more.

Some of our recent commercial clients include:

Antiques & Fine Art Magazine · Benchmark Construction · CASAMICA magazine (Italy) · Civil War Times · Down East Enterprise, Inc. · Downeast Magazine · FORGE Worldwide · Greater Portland Metro Bus · ImageQuest · Ken Burns/Florentine Films · L.L. Bean · Lighthouse Productions Films and Entertainment · London Daily Telegraph · Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors Magazine · Maine Medical Center · MaineAhead Magazine · Martha Stewart Show/ MSLO Productions · McGraw Hill Publishing/ Wright Group · News-Press Publishing · Northern New England Journey Magazine (AAA) · Pierce Atwood, LLP · Portland Monthly Magazine · Scholastic Inc. · Simon & Schuster Publishing · TD Bank North · The Maine Red Claws (basketball team) · The Quarterly Journal of Military History · The Szanton Company · Verrill Dana, LLP · VOX Photographs · Walgreens · WCSH Channel 6 · Yankee Magazine · And numerous authors, publishers, designers, and architecture firms nationwide.