They came for the excitement, the crowds, the holiday energy & retail deals. #BlackFriday at Liberty Tree Mall, Danvers, MA, 1995—raw footage & B-roll, with kids on a carousel while parents navigated the hustle. 🛍️🎠 This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @npub1umd6...wfr7 by the original videographer, Jim Capillo. 📼 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 ⤵️
🏈🖥️ 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) — and now you can play it instantly in-browser at the @npub1umd6...wfr7 ➡️ #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! 🍂 🎞️ Full film features 1940–1948 holidays, parades, & neighborhood celebrations. Watch it here ⤵️ #HomeMovies #PrelingerArchives @npub1umd6...wfr7
The gridiron & #Thanksgiving have been paired for over a century. 🏈🦃 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 @npub1umd6...wfr7 ⤵️ image
Are your #Thanksgiving cooking plans half-baked? 🧑‍🍳 Don’t stew in your own juices—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 ➡️ 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. 🦃 This #Thanksgiving, celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ #VanishingCulture
Musicians—famous or fringe—navigate a system where copyright, power, and industry practices don’t always match the stories we’re told. In this Future Knowledge #podcast episode, Michael Menna & Anjali Vats unpack how these dynamics shape everything from 360 deals to Taylor Swift’s re-recordings—and you can learn more from their papers, linked on the episode page. 🎧 Listen & learn more ⤵️
📢 Upcoming #booktalk! 📖 Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph for PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET, a conversation reimagining open access through collective, scholar-led publishing. What happens when we build ethical, non-commercial, commons-based systems? Co-hosted with Authors Alliance. 📆 Thurs Dec 4th 🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 Online 🎟️ @npub17kr5...p88t @npub1as8x...xlxf @npub1883j...wehx image
The Internet Archive welcomes Merrilee Proffitt as director of Democracy’s Library, US! With decades in digital libraries & open knowledge, she’ll expand free, online access to government research, supporting transparency, equity, and democratic engagement. Learn more at our blog ⤵️ @npub1umd6...wfr7 image