Newspapers from: California, District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/index.html

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These maps are really neat looking and there are a lot more of them available then I though there would be.  It’s fun to look for towns you are familiar with.  My hometown isn’t there but maybe yours is.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html

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Not ALL items are in the public domain. It is your responsibility to research the copyright of items.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html

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Baseball Cards 1887 – 1914
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/p?pp/ils:@FILREQ(@field(CALL+lot)+@field(COLLID+bbc))::SortBy=CALL

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Vaulville acts recorded from 1913 – 1927.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vssound.html

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Over 140 photos of Houdini & personal items

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshdini.html

Check out the Magician Posters post for Houdini posters.

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Would you like to make use of Public Domain items but you don’t know where to look or can’t find them when you do?

Unfortunately, finding sources of Public Domain material – books, movies, magazines…etc. isn’t always easy – and at very best it can be quite time consuming! What if you’re not that good at searching the web and sorting through all of the junk sites that are out there?

On this site you will find sources of Public Domain materials organized for you along with hints for searching the various sites, tips on determining copyright status and ideas for using the Public Domain information you find.

It takes a lot of time and energy to bring you all of these Public Domain sources and information. You could pay a good buck to get access to these Public Domain sources at other sites – but they are provided to your FREE here.

Our goal is for this site to be a valuable resource for you.
Please consider making a donation to help keep this site growing.

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Over 60 movies showing Vauldville acts from 1879 – 1920

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vsfilm.html

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There are some beautiful old children’s books here – wonderful illustrations. All in the public domain.

Children’s Literature at the Rare Book & Special Collections Reading Room of the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/digitalcoll/digitalcoll-children.html

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from the University of Washington Libraries, focuses mostly on the Pacific North West.

Includes photographs, maps, newspapers, posters, reports and other media.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/

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