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Selenographic Phases of the Moon (1660) by Andreas Cellarius, from Harmonia Macrocosmica.
Source: Stanford University Libraries
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c1abe68d-2f14-4c45-8dc9-695f14048e96
#maps #moon #cartography #planets #orbits #astronomy #universe #cosmology #celestial #art #publicdomain
🎬 Jeremy Floyd earned an Honorable Mention in the 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest for MOVING PICTURES AREN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE.
The film draws from early talkies, celebrating the brief, unruly moment when films ran free of censorship.
Show us your take on public domain history in the 2026 contest. Open now!
📆 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2026-public-domain-day-remix-contest
Hestmannen, Nordland (ca. 1881) by Charles Rabot.
Source: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/515808a4-0cba-4fa8-9139-a97e400bd011
#arctic #norway #ships #water #mountains #nature #landscapes #art #publicdomain
Pictorial Proverb (1879), from Guess Me, a curious collection of enigmas, charades, acting charades, double acrostics, conundrums, verbal puzzles, hieroglyphics, anagrams, etc. Compiled and arranged by Frederick D'Arros Planché.
Source: Library of Congress / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c545997b-311f-4cdc-b3ee-711bdca0e4cf
#symbols #enigmas #acrostics #puzzles #language #hieroglyphics #rebus #art #publicdomain
The broiling of their fish over the flame (1590) by Johann Theodor de Bry, from Briefe and True Report.
Source: Harvard University
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3732d4a5-c563-4bb6-bdfa-8385f868918e
#native-american #fire #romans #fish #food #smoking #british-america #native-americans #cooking #colonial-america #art #publicdomain
Entering the public domain in 2026, in countries with a "life+50yrs" copyright: The works of Hannah Arendt.
More info behind window 15 of our advent-style countdown calendar for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1st: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/ #PDin2026
Entering the US public domain in 2026: James and Eloyce Gist's film Hellbound Train.
More info behind window 14 of our advent-style countdown calendar for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1st: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/ #PDin2026
Street Girl (1929) - A little song, a little dance, some romance, and a whole lot of fun in this 1929 all-talkie film from RKO! #MovieThreads #MovieReview #Podcast #PodNation #Romance #Musical #PreCode #PublicDomain
Warming Up Their Camp Lunches (1905) by T.W. Ingersoll, from A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War.
Source: Boston Public Library / Flickr: The Commons
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/206989d5-89ca-4929-8295-54388dc4d781
#camping #russia #warfare #uniforms #japan #campfires #tents #cooking #war #art #publicdomain
“Fannie, Lillie & Harry & their bicycles.” (ca. 1898) by Theresa Babb.
Source: Camden Public Library / Flickr: The Commons
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b845aa39-8006-4ed6-995b-a7828be1c556
Blistered Sulphuret of Copper (*Cuprum sulphureum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d50430b6-f800-456b-94bc-38943d846b3d
#fauna #minerals #marine #geology #rocks #mineralogy #art #publicdomain
Tabular Iceberg (1890), from Twenty Years Before the Mast
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Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bc7cc68b-9025-4d32-add7-7111bd800993
#ships #icebergs #sailing #sea #oceans #shipwrecks #art #publicdomain
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In der Weihnachtsbäckerei! In unserem Portal finden sich viele historische Kochbücher – wir haben drei weihnachtliche Rezepte herausgesucht und nachgebacken! Wer es selbst ausprobieren will:
🍪 1. „Ordinaire Hippen" von 1796 aus dem Kochbuch "Vorschriften zu allerlei Koch- und Bakwerk" (S. 236), @subugoe (#PublicDomain)
https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/HBP3ZEHY7ZEIJR4OASQIPIMF3P3VOPKZ
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@aliceamour yes, because #PublicDomain doesn't exist in places like #Germany, only #PermissiveLicensing and #LapsedCopyright which lasts for Lifetime +70 years instead of the more reasonable 28 years it was originall designed for!
Entering the US public domain in 2026: Margaret Ayer Barnes' Years of Grace.
More info behind window 13 of our advent-style countdown calendar for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1st: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/ #PDin2026
Daisho tsuba made of iron, with openwork round mussels. Gold inlaid details. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten.
Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f2928a86-21f4-43b8-b423-9ae135d6c40b
#japan #samurai #shells #swords #metalwork #design #tsubas #art #publicdomain
From BL Sloane 1975 (1190–1200).
Source: British Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e03e33ba-ee4a-4c04-924f-94a87d55b794
#manuscripts #decorative #herbals #botanical #flora #plants #art #publicdomain
Illustration from Matilda Chaplin Ayrton, *Child-life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories* (1901). Illustrations by “Japanese artists” that are not named (1901), from Child-life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories
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Source: Library of Congress / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5b88c859-4548-4779-96d1-c6638be2221e
#caricatures #snowballs #winter #animated #snow #fighting #art #publicdomain
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