🎅 Santa has looked much the same on the page for generations. Preserving periodical covers like this one helps carry those familiar images forward, connecting how the season ❄️ was pictured then with how we recognize it now. See more vintage images in our Holiday 2025 Periodical Art collection ⤵️ #HolidayArt #PeriodicalArt #Archives #CulturalMemory #ChristmasHistory #PrintCulture image
🎬 "THE WAYBACK MACHINE" by Diego Diaz & Can Sark earned an Honorable Mention in the Internet Archive’s 2025 Public Domain Day Film Contest. The film is a witty take on the @internetarchive & the dread of near-infinite copyright. What kind of bold, creative film can YOU make for the 2026 contest? Show us! 📆 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 #PublicDomain #Filmmaking #Contest @internetarchive
📣 Filmmakers & artists of all skill levels: celebrate Public Domain Day 2026 by creating & uploading short films using public domain materials in the Public Domain Film Remix Contest! 🎬 📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 #publicdomain #contest #filmmaking @internetarchive image
Meet a winner: "THE ARCHIVE BOOGIE” by Samantha Close. This celebration of cinema mixes film & public domain imagery & nabbed second place in the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest. Now it’s your turn. Create a 2–3 min short using public domain works from 1930 & earlier and enter the 2026 contest! 📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 #PublicDomain #Filmmaking #Contest @internetarchive
The toy that owned Christmas 1996? Tickle Me Elmo 🎁 This giggling plush turned into a full-blown holiday frenzy. Shoppers weren’t tickled by mobbed stores, empty shelves, & resale prices that shot through the roof. Build your own retro wish list ⤵️ #ChristmasToys #XmasToys #HolidayGifts #ToyHistory
Celebrate the Public Domain with the Internet Archive in 2026! #PublicDomainDay is nearly here. From first appearances of yet-to-be-named cartoon stars to landmark films and music, works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will soon be free to reuse. Enter our film contest, join our events, and have a blast! All the details on our blog ⤵️ #PublicDomain #event #contest #filmcontest
How do you visualize & explore millions of archived web pages? This interactive display of the Dutch web offers a new approach. @Internet Archive Europe partnered with software engineers & the Internet Archive to create a navigable web mosaic you can explore with a joystick, buttons, or voice. As @Brewster Kahle says: “The idea is to be able to show and play with the breadth that people have accomplished and the depth that we have all built together”
⏰ There’s still time to join today’s #booktalk! 📖 THE PUBLIC DOMAIN explains why safeguarding shared cultural material is crucial for creativity, innovation & free expression. Co-hosted with @Auths_Alliance. 📆 TODAY, Thursday Dec 18 🕙 10 AM (1 PM ET) 📍 Online 🎟️ @internetarchive image
Celebrate vintage winter style with these "The American Girl" magazine covers, published by the Girl Scouts. Left: December 1929 cover depicting three young women in colorful winter clothing. Right: December 1928 cover depicting a young woman with a billowing scarf, walking a dog as snow falls around them. View more in this holiday collection ⤵️ #HolidayArt #PeriodicalArt #Archives #CulturalMemory #ChristmasHistory #PrintCulture image
Amazon once “pulled a book off your library shelf”—Vint Cerf, a pioneer of the internet, calls it shocking. How did the web drift so far from its roots? Hear Cerf (Google), Cindy Cohn (EFF), Jon Stokes (Ars Technica) & the Internet Archive’s Brewster Kahle explore the past, present & future of the web on the Future Knowledge podcast. 
🎧Listen & Subscribe ⤵️ #OpenWeb @Brewster Kahle