Tag Archives: public domain

Merry Christmas 2022

Posted on December 23, 2022 by dewelch

Related Posts: Christmas 2020 – 7 in a series – Old Christmas by Washington Irving (1908) Thanksgiving 2020 – 16 in a series – Thanksgiving Greetings Thanksgiving 2020 – 22 in a series – With Thanksgiving Greeting Thanksgiving 2020 – … Continue reading →

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Explore Thousands of Free Vintage Cocktail Recipes Online (1705-1951) | Open Culture [Shared]

Posted on December 6, 2021 by dewelch

Explore Thousands of Free Vintage Cocktail Recipes Online (1705-1951) | Open Culture Where do the hipster mixologists of Tokyo, Mexico City and Brooklyn take their inspiration? If not from the Exposition Universelle des Vins et Spiritueux’ free collection of digitized … Continue reading →

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What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2022? – The Public Domain Review [Shared]

Posted on December 1, 2021 by dewelch

As regular readers know, I am a big proponent of the public domain and what it can do for today’s educators, researchers, and artists. I regularly use public domain art as a source for my products and also simply to … Continue reading →

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Astronomia Playing Cards (1829) via The Public Domain Review [Shared]

Posted on September 3, 2021 by dewelch

Astronomia Playing Cards (1829) Hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades — every player (shark or not) is familiar with the four suits in a standard deck. But dig a little deeper into the discard pile of history and you will soon draw … Continue reading →

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The Masks of the Zuni (1904) via The Public Domain Review [Shared]

Posted on June 25, 2021 by dewelch

The Zuni Pueblo is one of several pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico whose inhabitants are descendants of prosperous and sometimes cliff-dwelling settlements that flourished for millennia,While its exact origin date remains uncertain, Zuni was long established when Spanish conquistadors made contact … Continue reading →

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Home School: The Smithsonian has released more than 2.8 million images you can use for free via The Verge

Posted on April 21, 2020 by dewelch

The Smithsonian Institution is releasing 2.8 million high-res images from its massive collection into the public domain, putting them online for anyone to use and download for free. The open-access online platform will include 2D and 3D images from its 19 museums, … Continue reading →

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Happy Public Domain Day 2020! via Boing Boing

Posted on December 31, 2019 by dewelch

Jennifer Jenkins from the Duke Center for the Public Domain writes, “January 1, 2020 is Public Domain Day! Works published in 1924 are entering the US public domain. They include George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ and ‘Fascinating Rhythm,’ silent films … Continue reading →

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