Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to the list. πŸ“– Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph explore PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET & how collective, scholar-led publishing can reshape open access. Co-hosted with Authors Alliance. πŸ“† Thurs Dec 4th πŸ•™ 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET πŸ“ Online 🎟️ @npub1njff...mqe3 @npub17nd8...77sr @npub1wl0n...lls3 image
Our #livestream never takes a holiday! πŸ¦ƒπŸˆπŸ›οΈ While the microfiche digitization team enjoys their Thanksgiving break, the feed (pun intended) keeps rolling – #lofi beats paired with home movies, silent films, & treasures from the @npub1xrj3...9q43 collections. #LiveNow πŸ“‘ https://www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZYBIUs #Preservation
"Black Friday" predates shopping deals. The term originally referred to the 1869 U.S. financial panic & stock market crash. Black Friday is also a 1904 novel by Frederic S. Isham, inspired by those events. A 1916 silent film adaptation was made, but may be lost. πŸ“– Read the #publicdomain novel ➑️ #BlackFriday image
They came for the excitement, the crowds, the holiday energy & retail deals. #BlackFriday at Liberty Tree Mall, Danvers, MA, 1995β€”raw footage & B-roll, with kids on a carousel while parents navigated the hustle. πŸ›οΈπŸŽ  This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @npub1xrj3...9q43 by the original videographer, Jim Capillo. πŸ“Ό Watch the full tape ‡️
#Thanksgiving & football go hand in hand, and THE FRESHMAN (1925) shows the frenzy has been around for over a century. Harold Lloyd’s chaotic climactic game helped shape every underdog sports comedy that followed. Touchdown! 🏈 Watch the full #publicdomain classic ‡️
🏈πŸ–₯️ Ready to call the plays? In Football for Windows, created by an ex-college player, you step in as coach & run the game your way. It was once free to copy & play (with a $25 registration to unlock everything) β€” and now you can play it instantly in-browser at the @npub1xrj3...9q43 ➑️ #shareware #retrogaming
#Football on the menu today? 🏈 This #Thanksgiving, enjoy a charming home movie of two kids tossing the ball on a crisp autumn day! πŸ‚ 🎞️ Full film features 1940–1948 holidays, parades, & neighborhood celebrations. Watch it here ‡️ #HomeMovies #PrelingerArchives @npub1xrj3...9q43
The gridiron & #Thanksgiving have been paired for over a century. πŸˆπŸ¦ƒ The sport’s inspired songs, stories, and more. 🏟️ Take it to the end zone this holiday weekend with vintage books, movies, computer games, videos, programs & magazine covers in this football collection on the @npub1xrj3...9q43 ‡️ image
Are your #Thanksgiving cooking plans half-baked? πŸ§‘β€πŸ³ Don’t stew in your own juicesβ€”simmer down and take some time ⏲️ out to peruse these vintage kitchen manuals for slow cookers, blenders, cookware & ovens. Feast your eyes on even more vintage kitchen manuals, guides, & cookbooks ➑️ image
Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with little more than rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. Easily lost, they are irreplaceable treasures. πŸ¦ƒ This #Thanksgiving, celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➑️ #VanishingCulture