Public Domain Image Archive

Advert for Valentine's Meat Juice, from a 1909 issue of
Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy.

More images for today in our themed set “love and lust”: pdimagearchive.org/galleries/th... #valentinesday

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The Public Domain Image Archive The Public Domain Review (a true gem of the web) has launched The Public Domain Image Archive, “a curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse”. While Th

The Public Domain Image Archive is a newly launched “curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse”. Careful, you could lose some hours in here… [kottke.org]

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Inside the curated image collection spanning 2,000 years of visual history – that you can use for free Hand-picked from digitised public collections and ready for reuse, the Public Domain Image Archive is the perfect antidote to AI.

We answered some questions about the Public Domain Image Archive for @itsnicethat.com.web.brid.gy, read the write up here: www.itsnicethat.com/articles/pub...

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Find Awe and Inspiration in Thousands of Public Domain Artworks The Public Domain Review’s new online archive compiles beloved and little-known illustrations, photographs, and many more images to remix and reuse.

Feature on the Public Domain Image Archive over at Hyperallergic: hyperallergic.com/982346/find-...

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Lovely write up of the archive on @openculture.bsky.social

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These bugs we know about though 🙂 pdimagearchive.org/galleries/ta...

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‘Frontispiece to Fridtjof Nansen's *In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times*’ by Fridtjof Nansen from In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (1911) Frontispiece to Fridtjof Nansen's *In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times*, 1911.

Pic: Frontispiece to Fridtjof Nansen's In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (1911) - pdimagearchive.org/images/a739b...

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Man in Arctic landscape looking at aurora borealis, three huge colour blue stripes streaking through the sky

Thanks to everyone who's followed in these days since our launch! And to those that have explored the site and given such positive feedback. So happy to know all our hard work is being so well received :-)

Do let us know if you spot any bugs / things to improve (still working on tags!)

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