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#publicdomain — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publicdomain, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Vertical Section of the Brain (1878), from The Principles of Light and Color
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    Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

    pdimagearchive.org/images/cc41

    #anatomical-illustration #ether #color #brain #psychic-phenomena #color-theory #art #publicdomain

  2. The Habitations of the Sentient Beings According to the Burmese (1906) by Anonymous, from The Thirty-Seven Nats: A Phase of Spirit Worship Prevailing in Burma.

    Source: New York Public Library

    Available to buy as a print.

    pdimagearchive.org/images/3446

    #ascent #hierarchy #landscapes #art #publicdomain

  3. “A spider from a fly’s point of view”. (1914) by David Fairchild, Marian Fairchild, from Book of Monsters.

    Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

    pdimagearchive.org/images/d786

    #insects #spiders #macrophotography #art #publicdomain

  4. Project Gutenberg has always striven for perfection in the effort to digitize public domain books. Everyone who reads the materials and catches a possible transcription or OCR error is encouraged to help us get the details fixed.

    Learn more: gutenberg.org/help/errata.html

    #Ebooks #PublicDomain

  5. Congrats to "DREAM A LITTLE DREAM" by Harry Goodwin, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

    Dreamers and dreamlike imagery from seven 1930 films accompanied by the filmmaker’s own recording of "Dream a Little Dream of Me."

    Watch the full short film ⤵️
    archive.org/details/dream-a-li...

    #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

  6. 🌈 MOROCCO (1930) gave us one of cinema’s most unforgettable moments of style, rebellion, and same-sex desire, long before queer cinema had a name. 🎩

    Join us at the Internet Archive in San Francisco for a live screening of this classic. Now in the #publicdomain!

    📅 June 9
    🕠 5:30 PM: Happy Hour and a Half 🍸
    🕖 7:00 PM: Pre-Show + Screening + Q&A
    📍 300 Funston Ave, SF
    🎟️ blog.archive.org/event/morocco

    #FunCheapSF

  7. Tsuba made from yellow bronze with silver inlaid grid pattern and a large butterfly in high shakudō relief. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten.

    Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

    pdimagearchive.org/images/2d2b

    #insects #japan #samurai #flies #swords #metalwork #design #circular #tsubas #art #publicdomain

  8. Tsuba made from yellow bronze with silver inlaid grid pattern and a large butterfly in high shakudō relief. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten.

    Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

    pdimagearchive.org/images/2d2b

    #insects #japan #samurai #flies #swords #metalwork #design #circular #tsubas #art #publicdomain

  9. Tsuba made from yellow bronze with silver inlaid grid pattern and a large butterfly in high shakudō relief. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten.

    Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

    pdimagearchive.org/images/2d2b

    #insects #japan #samurai #flies #swords #metalwork #design #circular #tsubas #art #publicdomain

  10. Tsuba made from yellow bronze with silver inlaid grid pattern and a large butterfly in high shakudō relief. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten.

    Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

    pdimagearchive.org/images/2d2b

    #insects #japan #samurai #flies #swords #metalwork #design #circular #tsubas #art #publicdomain

  11. Tsuba made from yellow bronze with silver inlaid grid pattern and a large butterfly in high shakudō relief. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten.

    Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

    pdimagearchive.org/images/2d2b

    #insects #japan #samurai #flies #swords #metalwork #design #circular #tsubas #art #publicdomain