GopherProxy

#[1]Internet Archive Blogs » Feed [2]Internet Archive Blogs » Comments
Feed [3]Internet Archive Blogs » Welcoming 1927 to the Public Domain
Comments Feed [4]alternate [5]alternate [6]alternate

[7]Internet Archive Blogs

A blog from the team at archive.org

[8]Internet Archive Blogs

(BUTTON) Menu [9]Skip to content
* [10]Blog
* [11]Announcements
* [12]25th Anniversary
* [13]archive.org
* [14]About
* [15]Events
* [16]Developers
* [17]Donate

Welcoming 1927 to the Public Domain

Posted on [18]January 1, 2023 by [19]Alexis Rossi

This year we are welcoming works from 1927 into the public domain in
the United States, including [20]books, [21]periodicals, [22]sheet
music, and [23]movies.

Big events of 1927 include the first transatlantic phone call from New
York to London, the formation of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, the first successful long distance demonstration of
television, the release of the first popular "talkie," [24]The Jazz
Singer, and the first nonstop transatlantic solo airplane flight, from
New York to Paris, by Charles Lindbergh.

Movies

Despite the popularity of The Jazz Singer, movies were still mostly
silent in 1927, including the gorgeous [25]Metropolis by Fritz Lang.
Laurel and Hardy's first film, [26]Putting Pants on Phillip, was
released that year, along with an early Gary Cooper Western,
[27]Nevada, Joan Crawford in [28]Spring Fever, Mary Pickford in [29]My
Best Girl, Clara Bow in [30]Get Your Man, and Cecil B. DeMille's
[31]King of Kings.

I was particularly taken with [32]No Man's Land, which gives top
billing to a horse ([33]Rex the Wonder Horse, in case you were
wondering - if you'd like to follow his career he also starred in
[34]The King of Wild Horses and [35]Black Cyclone).

Or we can time travel with Koko the Clown in [36]Koko in 1999 where
they apparently thought that at the turn of the last century everything
would happen via automation and you'd get a wife from a vending machine
for 25 cents.

IFRAME: [37]https://archive.org/embed/koko-in-1999_1927

Music

No new recorded music enters the public domain in the US this year --
the next group of recorded music becomes available in 4 years, due to
how the music modernization act is written -- but we do have some fun
new [38]sheet music to explore. The biggies that are most remembered
today are probably [39]The Best Things in Life Are Free and [40]I
Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream. But you should also
take some time to play [41]Dream Kisses, [42]The Desert Song, [43]My
Ohio Home, and [44]Girl of My Dreams.

Periodicals

Thousands of issues of [45]periodicals from 1927 are entering the
public domain, some from titles that are still well known today like:
* [46]Life
* [47]Vogue
* [48]The Billboard
* [49]Cosmopolitan
* [50]The Saturday Evening Post
* [51]The Progressive Farmer
* [52]The New Yorker

You may also want to check out copies of [53]The American Girl
(published by the Girl Scouts), check up on the financial markets
leading up to the Great Depression in the [54]The Financial Times, or
research bling in [55]The Jewelers Circular.

Books

The Sherlock Holmes books came to an end in 1927, and with it the
release of The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan-Doyle ([56]vol
I and [57]vol II). Other biggies include [58]Death Comes for the
Archbishop by Willa Cather and [59]Mosquitoes by William Faulkner.

But as always, the most fun is to be had perusing the [60]books from
1927 for hidden gems. Enjoy the gorgeous art deco designs in [61]Ideas
& studies in stencilling & decorating, for instance.

Some other fun titles include
* [62]Insect-musicians and cricket champions of China
* [63]Aunt Sammy's radio recipes
* [64]Distinctive houses of Indiana limestone
* [65]Complete history of southern Illinois' gang war
* [66]The home movie scenario book

Celebrate Public Domain Day

You can join us to [67]celebrate public domain day two ways this year,
virtually or in person.

We are having a virtual party on January 19, 2023 at 1pm Pacific/4pm
Eastern. REGISTER FOR THE VIRTUAL EVENT [68]HERE!

And the next day we will have an in-person Film Remix Contest Screening
Party on January 20, 2023 at 6pm at 300 Funston Ave in San Francisco,
to watch this year's Public Domain Day [69]Remix Contest winning
entries. REGISTER FOR THE IN-PERSON PARTY IN SAN FRANCISCO [70]HERE!

Posted in [71]Books Archive, [72]Cool items, [73]Movie Archive,
[74]News | Tagged [75]public domain day | [76]Leave a reply

Post navigation

[77]<- 2022 Empowering Libraries Year in Review

Leave a Reply [78]Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Comment *
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

Name * ______________________________

Email * ______________________________

Website ______________________________

Post Comment

D
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

[79]Share to Facebook [80]Share to Twitter

Search for: ____________________ Search

Recent Posts

* [81]Welcoming 1927 to the Public Domain
* [82]2022 Empowering Libraries Year in Review
* [83]Preserving Memory by Moonlight, Ensuring Access by Daylight
* [84]Internet Archive Welcomes Digital Humanists and Cultural
Heritage Professionals to "Humanities and the Web: Introduction to
Web Archive Data Analysis"
* [85]What Do Libraries Have To Do With Building a Better Internet?

Recent Comments

* Qadershah Pashtoon on [86]2022 Empowering Libraries Year in Review
* MD Noor salam on [87]Internet Archive Welcomes Digital Humanists
and Cultural Heritage Professionals to "Humanities and the Web:
Introduction to Web Archive Data Analysis"
* [88]Patrick on [89]Internet Archive Welcomes Digital Humanists and
Cultural Heritage Professionals to "Humanities and the Web:
Introduction to Web Archive Data Analysis"
* [90]Maxwell Bogie on [91]Internet Archive Welcomes Digital
Humanists and Cultural Heritage Professionals to "Humanities and
the Web: Introduction to Web Archive Data Analysis"
* [92]Subbiah Arunachalam on [93]Internet Archive Releases Report on
Securing Digital Rights for Libraries

Categories

* [94]78rpm
* [95]Announcements
* [96]Archive Version 2
* [97]Archive-It
* [98]Audio Archive
* [99]Books Archive
* [100]Cool items
* [101]Education Archive
* [102]Emulation
* [103]Event
* [104]Image Archive
* [105]Jobs
* [106]Lending Books
* [107]Live Music Archive
* [108]Movie Archive
* [109]Music
* [110]News
* [111]Newsletter
* [112]Open Library
* [113]Past Event
* [114]Software Archive
* [115]Technical
* [116]Television Archive
* [117]Uncategorized
* [118]Upcoming Event
* [119]Video Archive
* [120]Wayback Machine - Web Archive
* [121]Web & Data Services

Archives

Archives [Select Month__]

Meta

* [122]Log in
* [123]Entries feed
* [124]Comments feed
* [125]WordPress.org

[126]Proudly powered by WordPress

References

Visible links
1. https://blog.archive.org/feed/
2. https://blog.archive.org/comments/feed/
3. https://blog.archive.org/2023/01/01/welcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain/feed/
4. https://blog.archive.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/25387
5. https://blog.archive.org/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.archive.org%2F2023%2F01%2F01%2Fwelcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain%2F
6. https://blog.archive.org/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.archive.org%2F2023%2F01%2F01%2Fwelcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain%2F&format=xml
7. https://blog.archive.org/
8. http://blog.archive.org/2022/09/06/building-democracys-library-celebrate-with-the-internet-archive-on-october-19/
9. https://blog.archive.org/2023/01/01/welcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain/#content
10. https://blog.archive.org/
11. https://blog.archive.org/category/announcements/
12. https://anniversary.archive.org/
13. https://archive.org/
14. https://blog.archive.org/about/
15. https://blog.archive.org/category/event/
16. https://blog.archive.org/developers/
17. http://archive.org/donate
18. https://blog.archive.org/2023/01/01/welcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain/
19. https://blog.archive.org/author/wayback/
20. https://archive.org/details/books?query=date%3A%5B%2A+TO+1927%5D&sort=-date
21. https://archive.org/details/periodicals?query=date%3A%5B%2A+TO+1927%5D&sort=-date
22. https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22sheet+music%22+AND+mediatype%3Atexts+AND+date%3A%5B%2A+TO+1927%5D&sort=-date
23. https://archive.org/details/feature_films?query=date%3A%5B%2A+TO+1927%5D&sort=-date
24. https://archive.org/details/the-jazz-singer_1927
25. https://archive.org/details/metropolis_fritz-lang_1927
26. https://archive.org/details/putting-pants-on-philip_1927
27. https://archive.org/details/nevada_1927
28. https://archive.org/details/spring-fever_1927
29. https://archive.org/details/my-best-girl_1927
30. https://archive.org/details/get-your-man_1927
31. https://archive.org/details/the-king-of-kings_1927
32. https://archive.org/details/no-mans-law_1927
33. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_the_King_of_Wild_Horses
34. https://archive.org/details/silent-the-king-of-wild-horses
35. https://archive.org/details/silent-black-cyclone
36. https://archive.org/details/koko-in-1999_1927
37. https://archive.org/embed/koko-in-1999_1927
38. https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22sheet+music%22+AND+mediatype%3Atexts+AND+date%3A%5B%2A+TO+1927%5D&sort=-date
39. https://archive.org/details/bestthingsinlife00june
40. https://archive.org/details/iscreamyouscream00howa
41. https://archive.org/details/dream-kisses
42. https://archive.org/details/the-desert-song
43. https://archive.org/details/CSM_00486
44. https://archive.org/details/girl_of_my_dreams
45. https://archive.org/details/periodicals?query=date%3A1927&sort=-date
46. https://archive.org/details/pub_life?query=date%3A1927&sort=-date
47. https://archive.org/details/pub_vogue?query=date%3A1927
48. https://archive.org/details/pub_billboard?query=date%3A1927&sort=-date
49. https://archive.org/details/pub_cosmopolitan?query=date%3A1927
50. https://archive.org/details/pub_saturday-evening-post?query=date%3A1927&sort=-date
51. https://archive.org/details/pub_progressive-farmer?query=date%3A1927
52. https://archive.org/details/pub_the-new-yorker?query=date%3A1927
53. https://archive.org/details/pub_american-girl?query=date%3A1927
54. https://archive.org/details/pub_financial-times?query=date%3A1927
55. https://archive.org/details/pub_jck?query=date%3A1927
56. https://archive.org/details/completesherlock0001arth
57. https://archive.org/details/completesherlock0000sira_c7d9/page/n5/mode/2up
58. https://archive.org/details/deathcomesforarc0000will_w0o4
59. https://archive.org/details/mosquitoes0000faul_y7t0
60. https://archive.org/details/books?query=date%3A1927+AND+NOT+collection%3Adigitallibraryindia&sort=-week
61. https://archive.org/details/ideas00desa
62. https://archive.org/details/insectmusiciansc22lauf
63. https://archive.org/details/auntsammysradior1927unit
64. https://archive.org/details/distinctivehouse00indi
65. https://archive.org/details/completehistoryo00hill
66. https://archive.org/details/homemoviescen00ryskrich
67. https://blog.archive.org/2022/11/30/the-best-things-in-life-are-free-two-ways-to-celebrate-public-domain-day-in-2023/
68. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-domain-day-virtual-party-tickets-477668177377
69. https://blog.archive.org/2022/11/30/public-domain-day-2023-remix-contest-the-internet-archive-is-looking-for-creative-short-films-made-by-you/
70. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-domain-day-party-in-san-francisco-tickets-477675589547
71. https://blog.archive.org/category/books-archive/
72. https://blog.archive.org/category/cool-items/
73. https://blog.archive.org/category/movie-archive/
74. https://blog.archive.org/category/news/
75. https://blog.archive.org/tag/public-domain-day/
76. https://blog.archive.org/2023/01/01/welcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain/#respond
77. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/28/2022-empowering-libraries-year-in-review/
78. https://blog.archive.org/2023/01/01/welcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain/#respond
79. https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.archive.org%2F2023%2F01%2F01%2Fwelcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain
80. https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.archive.org%2F2023%2F01%2F01%2Fwelcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain&via=internetarchive&text=Welcoming+1927+to+the+Public+Domain
81. https://blog.archive.org/2023/01/01/welcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain/
82. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/28/2022-empowering-libraries-year-in-review/
83. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/20/preserving-memory-by-moonlight-ensuring-access-by-daylight/
84. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/13/humanities-and-the-web/
85. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/09/what-do-libraries-have-to-do-with-building-a-better-internet/
86. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/28/2022-empowering-libraries-year-in-review/#comment-429000
87. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/13/humanities-and-the-web/#comment-428945
88. https://www.nmdistrict4aa.com/
89. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/13/humanities-and-the-web/#comment-428085
90. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/13/humanities-and-the-web/
91. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/13/humanities-and-the-web/#comment-428015
92. http://I%20have%20no%20website/
93. https://blog.archive.org/2022/12/01/internet-archive-releases-report-on-securing-digital-rights-for-libraries/#comment-427741
94. https://blog.archive.org/category/audio-archive/78rpm/
95. https://blog.archive.org/category/announcements/
96. https://blog.archive.org/category/archive-version-2/
97. https://blog.archive.org/category/archive-it/
98. https://blog.archive.org/category/audio-archive/
99. https://blog.archive.org/category/books-archive/
100. https://blog.archive.org/category/cool-items/
101. https://blog.archive.org/category/education-archive/
102. https://blog.archive.org/category/emulation/
103. https://blog.archive.org/category/event/
104. https://blog.archive.org/category/image-archive/
105. https://blog.archive.org/category/jobs/
106. https://blog.archive.org/category/books-archive/lending-books/
107. https://blog.archive.org/category/live-music-archive-2/
108. https://blog.archive.org/category/movie-archive/
109. https://blog.archive.org/category/music/
110. https://blog.archive.org/category/news/
111. https://blog.archive.org/category/newsletter/
112. https://blog.archive.org/category/open-library/
113. https://blog.archive.org/category/event/past-event/
114. https://blog.archive.org/category/software-archive/
115. https://blog.archive.org/category/technical/
116. https://blog.archive.org/category/television-archive/
117. https://blog.archive.org/category/uncategorized/
118. https://blog.archive.org/category/event/upcoming-event/
119. https://blog.archive.org/category/video-archive/
120. https://blog.archive.org/category/wayback-machine/
121. https://blog.archive.org/category/web-data-services/
122. https://blog.archive.org/wp-login.php
123. https://blog.archive.org/feed/
124. https://blog.archive.org/comments/feed/
125. https://wordpress.org/
126. https://wordpress.org/

Hidden links:
128. https://archive.org/details/iscreamyouscream00howa
129. https://archive.org/details/sim_life_1927-11-03_90_2348
130. https://archive.org/details/ideas00desa
131. https://archive.org/details/homemoviescen00ryskrich