Public Domain on Nic Babarskis

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:34:38 -0400

Public Domain Review highlighting works that feature Notre Dame today:

Highlights from the many centuries of artworks to feature the Notre-Dame de Paris — which caught fire 5 years ago #onthisday — from its illuminated punctuation of medieval skylines to grainy detailed studies at the birth of photography: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-notre-dame-cathedral-in-art-1460-1921

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Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:56:48 -0400

Public Domain Review highlighting a delightful set of block prints of foreigners visiting Yokohama Japan in the 1860s-70s:

Yokohama-e (literally “Yokohama pictures”) are a type of Japanese woodblock print depicting the foreigners who flooded through Yokohama during the 1860s and 70s, in particular North Americans: https://buff.ly/2eSwcac

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Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:13:34 -0400

What type of water are they irrigating those California peaches with?

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:03:52 -0400

Today’s Public Domain find. An image from the Library of Congress by Udo Keppler. Seems appropriate given all the tariff fueled volatility we’re experiencing.

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:37:03 -0400

Using today’s interesting Public Domain find to highlight open access resources related to Trans* history (yesterday was Transgender Day of Visibility). While you can access many resources online, you should check your local (or nearest college/university) library and inquire about special collections. Surfing the web is great, but engaging with tangible history in a vertical file can move the abstract to the embodied.

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:10:03 -0400

An interesting Public Domain find. This is a picture of Catharine (Cappy) Vail, member of the Women’s Airforce Services Pilots (WASP) corps. Pulled from the Library of Congress' special collection on Armed Services history.

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:07:06 -0400

An interesting Public Domain find. (I’ve always had a soft spot for roadside photography). A picture of a roadside business sign taken by John Margolies.

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0400

An interesting Public Domain find. A picture of a voter registration drive taken by John H White, as a part of his series of photos documenting Black life in Chicago.

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:31:12 -0400

An interesting Public Domain find this week. A 1940 image of a square dance in Mcintosh County, OK by Russell Lee.

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:18:55 -0400

By the end of this weekend we’ll most likely have received 8-12 inches of snow. So today’s public domain image is a winter scene from Joseph Morviller held by the Library of Congress:

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:31:18 -0400

The Public Domain Image Archive has an infinite scroll mode that can surface some intriguing stuff. I think I’ll start to occasionally post some of the more interesting things I stumble upon. Today’s image is from the Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants collection. Three women from Guadeloupe: