Category Archives: Cool items

A Public Peek into 1923

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Alexis Rossi

Commercial radio broadcasting began in the 1920s, bringing entertainment, news and music into people’s homes. Now, instead of needing to play a 78rpm disc on your phonograph, you could just tune in to listen to popular songs. And in 1923 … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Stuff

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Jason Scott

Jason Scott, free-range archivist, reporting in as 2017 draws to a close. As part of our end-of-year fundraising drive, I thought it might be fun to tweet highlighted parts of the vast stacks of content that the Internet Archive makes … Continue reading →

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The Internet Arcade becomes an Archive Reality

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Jason Scott

A couple years back, we introduced the Internet Arcade, which enabled people around the world to play a number of Arcade titles from the last 40 years in their browsers, instantly. We’ve also had collections of console games, and a … Continue reading →

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Truck and Back Again: The Internet Archive Truck Takes a Detour

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Jason Scott

When one of our employees came out of his home over the weekend, he saw an empty parking space. Granted, in San Francisco, that’s a pretty precious thing, but since this empty parking space had held the Internet Archive Truck … Continue reading →

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The Internet Archive Telethon Pt. 3

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Jason Scott

See also Parts 1 and 2. We dreamed up the idea of an Internet Archive Telethon, and due to the work of employees, volunteers, and performers, we put together an (almost) 24-hour show. We had an amazing time doing it. But … Continue reading →

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A Treasure Trove of Adventure and Uploading

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Jason Scott

The Internet Archive opens its doors and drives towards a goal of Universal Access to Knowledge, and encourages contributions and uploads from our audience on a global scale. In some cases, like our Netlabels section, the contributors are often the … Continue reading →

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NEW at the Archive Store! MS-DOS “Game Not Over!” T-Shirt

Posted on June 5, 2015 by jeff kaplan

Designed by Jason Scott, the new “Game Not Over!” T-shirt is a celebration of the over 2,000 MS-DOS games that are once again available to play on archive.org. The shirt is currently available in a number of sizes at the … Continue reading →

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Mirroring the Stone Oakvalley Music Collection

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Jason Scott

The Internet Archive has begun mirroring a fantastic collection of music called the “Stone Oakvalley Music Collection”. When you visit one of their websites, the archive.org mirror is one of the choices for download. Going forward, the Archive will offer a … Continue reading →

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Millions of historic images posted to Flickr

Posted on August 29, 2014 by jeff kaplan

by Robert Miller, Global Director of Books, Internet Archive “Reading a book from the inside out!”. Well not quite, but a new way to read our eBooks has just been launched. Check out this great BBC article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28976849 Here is … Continue reading →

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Open Call for tumblr Collaborators

Posted on April 8, 2013 by jeff kaplan

When it comes to collaborative culture, tumblr is where it’s at – and we’re ready to jump in. We’re not going to just redirect this blog, though, we’re opening up our tumblr URL to anyone interested in messing around with … Continue reading →

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