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Top News Stories About the Internet Archive 2025 bf7da9ac83c411ae.png Santa Claus embraces a young child while carrying a large sack of toys on the December 26, 1925 cover of The Saturday Evening Post. Art by J. C. Leyendecker. b4d71917e953fff2.jpeg d927aeb7f3e85d42.mp4 Inset of Page 490 of the 1996 Sears Wishbook from Canada. Children play with various Sesame Street-themed toys, notably the Tickle Me Elmo doll. Text for the doll reads: F. Tickle Me Elmo™. Plush Elmo laughs and shakes when tickled. Auto shut-off to preserve battery life. Uses 3 "AA" batteries (included). Ages 18 months and up. 061 565 699 - Each…34.99. Prices listed in Canadian dollars. 60090fdad1db98d5.jpeg Page 490 of a 1996 Sears Wishbook from Canada. Children play with various Sesame Street-themed toys, notably the Tickle Me Elmo doll, as well as a playhouse, vehicles, stacking blocks, and musical instruments, displayed with product descriptions and prices. Text for the doll reads: F. Tickle Me Elmo™. Plush Elmo laughs and shakes when tickled. Auto shut-off to preserve battery life. Uses 3 "AA" batteries (included). Ages 18 months and up. 061 565 699 - Each…34.99. Prices listed in Canadian dollars. 21b1b2b8033bc47c.jpeg Alt text: A 1996 J.C. Penney catalog page showing a variety of toys: Talking Farmer Ernie, Talking Big Bird, Hungry Cookie Monster, Tickle Me Elmo, Baby Tweety, Baby Bugs Bunny, a bear family playset with two cubs and a carry case, a small patterned toy suitcase, a Hasbro Aerial Action Batman with parachute, and a plush set of three dalmatian puppies. 5f6f5ae6e589c5f1.jpeg Colorful montage of works entering the public domain in 2026, including vintage posters, book covers, comic panels, and film stills. Prominent titles shown include All Quiet on the Western Front, Animal Crackers, As I Lay Dying, The Little Engine That Could, The Secret of the Old Clock, King of Jazz, The Maltese Falcon, The Cat Who Went to Heaven, Morocco, and Murder at the Vicarage. Music titles such as Georgia on My Mind, I Got Rhythm, and Dream a Little Dream of Me appear, along with early cartoon images of characters who would later become Betty Boop and Disney’s Pluto. The collage highlights iconic literature, films, music, and comics transitioning into the public domain. d18c01265f8571ba.png Poster for the Internet Archive's 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest, featuring the "Lockette," a cartoon character with an open lock, seated in a director's chair, legs crossed, and holding a megaphone. Projected on a screen to her right is a frame from the 1930 film "King of Jazz". Illustrated by Freya Morgan. 50e0df7814cbe71a.png A noir-style illustrated poster titled “The Case of the Disappearing Copyright.” The Lockette—a cartoon character whose body is an open yellow padlock—cautiously steps out of an open vault marked with a copyright symbol. A strong beam of light shines from outside the frame, casting a large copyright symbol onto the floor. Floating eyes and a magnifying glass with a question mark evoke a detective mystery. Red footprints lead toward the open vault door. Text reads: “Public Domain Day 2026” and “Jan 21st @10am PT: Virtual.” Illustrated by Freya Morgan. 7ee66387e600515c.png Screenshot from the Websites of the Netherlands Xmas Edition, with a small Internet Archive Europe logo at the top of a dense photomosaic composed of millions of tiny Dutch website captures. On-screen interface includes a reset button, a Zoom in for more indicator, and a Search field/ 3a3c29b6ebb6c834.png Screenshot of the Websites of the Netherlands search interface by Internet Archive Europe. A yellow search bar displays the term “nederlands” with 267 results. Behind it is a grid of archived Dutch websites, each shown as a thumbnail with a play icon indicating interactive exploration.. 3e83f4055f2bb864.jpeg Screenshot of the Websites of the Netherlands interactive display showing an archived Dutch orchestra website from 2017. The interface includes a large preview of the site, a timeline slider labeled “Archive 2025–2000” with year thumbnails, and Internet Archive branding. The selected site is highlighted within a mosaic of archived webpages. 31c8260b93bac09b.jpeg Promotional graphic for an online book talk about “The Public Domain” by James Boyle. The image includes the book cover, event date and time of December 18th at 10am PT / 1pm ET, and photos of speakers James Boyle and Molly Shaffer Van Houweling. Text notes that the discussion will focus on why protecting cultural commons matters for creativity, free speech, and innovation. Logos for the Internet Archive and Authors Alliance appear at the bottom. 88904a97be733de9.jpeg Two vintage "The American Girl" magazine covers, published by the Girl Scouts. Left: December 1929 cover depicting three young women in colorful winter clothing who push a wheelbarrow, carry an evergreen wreath, and pull an evergreen tree through snow. Right: December 1928 cover depicting a young woman with a billowing scarf, walking a dog on a lead as snow falls around them. 4d9286617cec4979.jpeg c0cca3bd68cc260c.mp4 Vintage 1920 advertisement showing Santa Claus reclining against a brick chimney, smoking a cigarette. He wears a red suit and black boots, with a night sky and evergreen branches in the background. A pack of Murad “The Turkish Cigarette” peeks out of his sack of presents with holly and wrapped gifts. Large text at the top reads “MURAD THE TURKISH CIGARETTE,” and smaller text at the bottom reads, “What could you enjoy more this Xmas than Murad?” 94e05bb1abd540c3.jpeg Radio Magazine cover from December 1924 showing Santa Claus flying a biplane with overlarge radio equipment over a snowy town. f80dfa40d56003e5.jpeg