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 ⤵️
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Sears Canada Wish Book 1996 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Sears Canada Wish Book 1996
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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 ⤵️
Celebrate the Public Domain with the Internet Archive: 2026 | Internet Archive Blogs
 #PublicDomain #event #contest #filmcontest
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How do you visualize & explore millions of archived web pages? This interactive display of the Dutch web offers a new approach. @npub1cdw5...0t9g partnered with software engineers & the Internet Archive to create a navigable web mosaic you can explore with a joystick, buttons, or voice. As @npub1fl6v...kwvj 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”
Fun Library Kiosk and Novel Web-based Display of Millions of Web Pages | Internet Archive Blogs
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⏰ 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 🎟️
Book Talk: The Public Domain with James Boyle
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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 ⤵️
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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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. 
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Future Knowledge
Future Knowledge | The Open Web at a Crossroads: A Conversation with Vint Cerf, Brewster Kahle, Cindy Cohn & Jon Stokes
What made the early web so thrilling, and how do we reclaim that spirit today? In this special episode, recorded at Georgetown University’s histo...
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🚨 #Booktalk tomorrow! 🚨 Learn why the public domain matters & how we can defend it in THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, an urgent conversation with James Boyle & Molly Shaffer Van Houweling about defending cultural commons & creative freedom. Co-hosted with @Auths_Alliance. 📆 Thurs Dec 18 🕙 10 AM – 11 AM PT (1 PM ET) 📍 Online 🎟️
Book Talk: The Public Domain with James Boyle
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❄️ ’Tis the season to celebrate with Sierra On-Line’s 1986 "A Computer Christmas." ❄️ Thanks to #softwarepreservation, this retro holiday classic is now a perennial gift for new generations of holiday revelers. 🎄 See all the animated sequences ⤵️
Internet Archive
Sierra Christmas Card 1986: A Computer Christmas : Sierra On-Line : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
 #DigitalArchive #TechHistory #retrocomputing #retrogaming
On the 3rd night of Hanukkah, we share this 1950s photo of Jewish American war veterans gathered around a menorah. 🕎 The preservation of images like this links the past to our present & shows how traditions endure across generations. 📸
Internet Archive
Lighting the menorah, Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, circa 1950 : Cohn, Bernard M. : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive
Please visit the California Revealed website to see the most complete and up-to-date version of this object: https://californiarevealed.org/node/52...
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🎬 The 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest is on! Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing & reimagining the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on January 1, 2026 in your 2–3 minute film submission. by using at least one public domain item from 1930 in a 2–3 minute short film that shows off your creative vision. 📅 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Contest details:
2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: The Internet Archive is Looking For Creative Short Films Made By You! | Internet Archive Blogs
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