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The moon belongs to everyone, so says the 1927 hit musical composition, “The Best Things In Life Are Free.” We agree! In January of 2023, a treasure trove of new cultural works published in 1927 became as free as the moon and the stars, and we at Internet Archive, Creative Commons and many other leaders from the open world wanted to throw a party to celebrate! Jump to: Chat Pre-show with musician Erik Yates of Hot Buttered Rum Video intro : The Best Things in Life are Free Introduction from...
Topics: webinar, public domain, public domain day
Topics: webinar, public domain, public domain day
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Lustig, Lillie S, ed; Sondheim, S. Claire, joint ed; Rensel, Sarah, joint ed
texts
eye 121,563
favorite 732
comment 2
48 p. 24 cm
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Topics: Cookery, American -- Southern states., cbk
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Topics: Cookery, American -- Southern states., cbk
93 p. : 22 cm
Topic: Botany
Topic: Botany
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Topic: Recipes
Topic: Recipes
Aero Digest was a professional periodical covering the aircraft industry and the profession of flying. It began publication in 1921, originally appearing as the Official bulletin of the World's Board of Aeronautical Commissioners. At its inception Aero Digest was a channel for supporting and boosting the emerging fields of flight and aircraft manufacturing. Rich in early advertising for early aircraft tools and technologies, the Digest published policy positions, some technical articles and...
68 p. 23 cm
Topic: Bees
Topic: Bees
Missiles and Rockets was a professional trade periodical developed in 1957 to facilitate the aerospace industry. This was a new industry at the time, built out of component parts that included the aeronautic, electronic, and automotive industries, as well as research science. The US government's Cold War and science-based decision to fund satellite research at a high level in 57 was an abrupt development, following years of low levels of funding. The result was a "gold rush" mentality...
45 p. 23 cm
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Topic: Water
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Topic: Water
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Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912
texts
eye 62,214
favorite 247
comment 8
472 p. : 26 cm
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Topic: Birds -- North America
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Topic: Birds -- North America
Cover-title: Popular mechanics The young craftsman
Topic: Handicraft
Topic: Handicraft
69 p. : 23 cm
Topic: Birds
Topic: Birds
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Processed World magazine was founded in 1981 by a small group of dissidents, mostly in their twenties, who were then working in San Francisco's financial district. The magazine's creators found themselves using their only marketable skill after years of university education: “handling information.” In spite of being employed in offices as “temps,” few really thought of themselves as “office workers.” More common was the hopeful assertion that they were photographers, writers,...
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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
texts
eye 15,579
favorite 4
comment 1
"February 1955."
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Topic: Telephone
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Topic: Telephone
2 p. l., [7]-77 p. 23 cm
Topic: Industrial efficiency
Topic: Industrial efficiency
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Thorpe, Sidney Coyne, 1913-
texts
eye 35,765
favorite 74
comment 1
501 p. 21 cm
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512p. 23cm
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Topic: Graphic methods
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Topic: Graphic methods
"A directory of national, state and provincial, county and municipal police and other criminal justice agencies and their executive personnel in the United States, Canada and principal foreign countries."
Topics: Police, Law enforcement
Topics: Police, Law enforcement
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United States. Dept. of the Army. [from old catalog]
texts
eye 103,675
favorite 4
comment 0
v. 24 cm
Topics: United States. Army, Military art and science -- Film catalogs. [from old catalog]
Topics: United States. Army, Military art and science -- Film catalogs. [from old catalog]
PREMARC/SERLOC merged record
Topic: Child labor -- United States
Topic: Child labor -- United States
Bibliography: p. 182-184
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Topic: Clocks and watches
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Topic: Clocks and watches
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Bilstein, Roger E; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. History Office
texts
eye 11,944
favorite 9
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-500) and index
Topics: Project Apollo (U.S.), Saturn Project (U.S.), Saturn launch vehicles -- History, Apollo 11 flight,...
Topics: Project Apollo (U.S.), Saturn Project (U.S.), Saturn launch vehicles -- History, Apollo 11 flight,...
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Borchard, Edwin Montefiore, 1884-1951; Lutz, E. Russell, 1902- [from old catalog] joint author
texts
eye 11,400
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3 p.l., [v]-x p., 1 l., 383 p. 22 cm
Topics: Judicial error -- United States Cases, Trials -- United States, Compensation for judicial error,...
Topics: Judicial error -- United States Cases, Trials -- United States, Compensation for judicial error,...
"A selected reading list": p. 501-504
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Topics: San Francisco (Calif.) -- Guidebooks, San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
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Topics: San Francisco (Calif.) -- Guidebooks, San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
86 p. 26 cm
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Topics: Bernays, Edward L., 1891-, Public opinion -- Bilbiography.
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Topics: Bernays, Edward L., 1891-, Public opinion -- Bilbiography.
Includes bibliographies
Topics: Traffic engineering, Traffic accidents
Topics: Traffic engineering, Traffic accidents
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General efficiency company, San Francisco. [from old catalog]
texts
eye 34,508
favorite 9
comment 0
v. 24 cm
Topics: Police, Detectives, Sheriffs, Constables
Topics: Police, Detectives, Sheriffs, Constables
512 p. 24 cm
Topic: School children
Topic: School children
x, 336 p. 22 cm
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Topics: Fashion, Clothing and dress, Costume design
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Topics: Fashion, Clothing and dress, Costume design
255 p. 20 cm
Topic: Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans
Topic: Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans
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Delineator Home Institute. Delineator cook book; Berolzheimer, Ruth
texts
eye 30,632
favorite 180
comment 1
vi, 816 p. : 21 cm
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Topics: Cookery, American, Cookery, cbk
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Topics: Cookery, American, Cookery, cbk
Bibliography: p. [321]-330
Topics: Industries, Trade and professional associations, Democracy
Topics: Industries, Trade and professional associations, Democracy
297 p. 27 cm
Topics: Roads -- United States, Traffic regulations -- United States, Automobiles
Topics: Roads -- United States, Traffic regulations -- United States, Automobiles
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Callahan, Genevieve A. (Genevieve Anne), b. 1897
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eye 9,317
favorite 50
comment 0
vii, 216 p. 23 cm
Topics: Cookery, American -- Western style, cbk
Topics: Cookery, American -- Western style, cbk
Motion Pictures, 1912-1939, is a cumulative catalog listing works registered in the Copyright Office in Classes L and M between August 24, 1912 and December 31, 1939. The entries contained in this volume may not reflect the complete Copyright Office record pertaining to a particular work. Contact the U.S. Copyright Office for information about any additional records that may exist. Although limited word searching of this volume is available, users are also advised to refer to the indexes...
Topic: Copyright Records - Motion Pictures
Topic: Copyright Records - Motion Pictures
v. ; 28 cm
Topics: Military science -- Film catalogs, Audio-visual materials -- Catalogs
Topics: Military science -- Film catalogs, Audio-visual materials -- Catalogs
"MP-15."
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Topics: Fallout shelters, Nuclear weapons
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Topics: Fallout shelters, Nuclear weapons
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Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
texts
eye 10,074
favorite 16
comment 0
xii, 526 p. 22 cm
Topic: New York (N.Y.) -- Guidebooks
Topic: New York (N.Y.) -- Guidebooks
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Creel, George, 1876-1953. [from old catalog]
texts
eye 19,619
favorite 39
comment 0
xvii, [1] 466, [1] p. 23 cm
Topics: United States. Committee on public information. [from old catalog], World War, 1914-1918 -- Public...
Topics: United States. Committee on public information. [from old catalog], World War, 1914-1918 -- Public...
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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
texts
eye 23,702
favorite 6
comment 0
Description based on: Sept. 1944
Topics: Oakland (Calif.) -- Telephone directories, Alameda County (Calif.) -- Telephone directories
Topics: Oakland (Calif.) -- Telephone directories, Alameda County (Calif.) -- Telephone directories
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Louisiana Writers' Project; Saxon, Lyle, 1891-1946; Dreyer, Edward; Tallant, Robert, 1909-1957
texts
eye 22,743
favorite 37
comment 0
xiii, 581 p. 24 cm
Topics: Folklore -- Louisiana, Louisiana -- Social life and customs
Topics: Folklore -- Louisiana, Louisiana -- Social life and customs
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Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970
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eye 6,781
favorite 2
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"Originally published in the transactions of the American Philosophical -society, volume twenty-three, part two, 1933."
Topics: Fishes, Skull, Evolution
Topics: Fishes, Skull, Evolution
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topic: Military geography
Topic: Military geography
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De Forest, Robert Weeks, 1848- ed; New York (State) Tenement house commission.; Veiller, Lawrence, joint ed
texts
eye 10,153
favorite 3
comment 0
2 v. 24 cm
Topics: Tenement-houses., Building laws -- New York (State), Poor -- New York (State) New York, New York...
Topics: Tenement-houses., Building laws -- New York (State), Poor -- New York (State) New York, New York...
Bibliography: p. [411]-415
Topics: New Orleans (La.), New Orleans (La.) -- Guidebooks
Topics: New Orleans (La.), New Orleans (La.) -- Guidebooks
v. : 28 cm
Topics: Northeast Historic Film (Organization), Motion pictures -- Preservation Maine Bucksport
Topics: Northeast Historic Film (Organization), Motion pictures -- Preservation Maine Bucksport
"Bibliographical notes and acknowledgments": p. 351-355
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Topics: Fascism, Subversive activities
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Topics: Fascism, Subversive activities
( 1 reviews )
Imprint varies -Aug. 1968: Wheaton, Ill. : Brookhill Division, Ojibway Press
Topic: Moving-pictures
Topic: Moving-pictures
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Miller, Samuel C; Fink, Donald G. joint author
texts
eye 6,006
favorite 12
comment 0
xiii, 288 p. 24 cm
Topics: Neon tubes, Electric signs
Topics: Neon tubes, Electric signs
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Brown, Cora, 1861-1939; Brown, Rose, 1883-1952, joint author; Brown, Bob, 1886-1959, joint author
texts
eye 6,161
favorite 54
comment 0
Blank pages for memoranda ([8] at end)
Topics: Cookery, cbk
Topics: Cookery, cbk
None issued for 1919, 1922
Topics: Portland (Or.) -- Directories, Portland Metropolitan Area (Or.) -- Directories
Topics: Portland (Or.) -- Directories, Portland Metropolitan Area (Or.) -- Directories
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Lincoln Highway Association
texts
eye 5,000
favorite 3
comment 0
xv, 315 p., [30] leaves of plates : 21 cm
2 v. 24 cm
Topics: Tenement-houses., Building laws -- New York (State), Poor -- New York (State) New York, New York...
Topics: Tenement-houses., Building laws -- New York (State), Poor -- New York (State) New York, New York...
Bibliography: p. 185-186
Topics: Nuclear bomb shelters, Atomic bomb
Topics: Nuclear bomb shelters, Atomic bomb
Vol. numbering changes semiannually, while numerical designation begins with no. 1
Description based on: Sept. 1938
Topic: Telephone
Topic: Telephone
None issued for 1919, 1922
Topics: Portland (Or.) -- Directories, Portland Metropolitan Area (Or.) -- Directories
Topics: Portland (Or.) -- Directories, Portland Metropolitan Area (Or.) -- Directories
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National Electrical Manufacturers Association
texts
eye 22,427
favorite 9
comment 0
106, [37] p. 24 cm
Topics: Electricity -- History, Electric engineering -- History
Topics: Electricity -- History, Electric engineering -- History
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Topics: Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Telephone directories, Alhambra (Calif.) -- Directories -- Telephone,...
Topics: Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Telephone directories, Alhambra (Calif.) -- Directories -- Telephone,...
xiii, 443 p. 22 cm
Topic: Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
Topic: Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985; Stevens, Charles F., joint author; Englander, James, joint author
texts
eye 2,481
favorite 28
comment 0
3 p.l., 9-174 p. 21 cm
Topic: Motion picture plays
Topic: Motion picture plays
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Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931
texts
eye 24,019
favorite 64
comment 0
"The present work is based upon my Book of camping and woodcraft, which appeared in 1906."--Pref
Topics: Camping, Outdoor life
Topics: Camping, Outdoor life
3 p. l., 144 p., 4 l. 20 cm
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Topic: Palmistry
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Topic: Palmistry
Includes bibliography
Topics: Police reports, Report writing
Topics: Police reports, Report writing
Bibliography: p. [475]-479
Topics: Rhode Island, Rhode Island -- Guidebooks
Topics: Rhode Island, Rhode Island -- Guidebooks
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Dilling, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, 1894-1966
texts
eye 22,235
favorite 42
comment 0
3 p.l., 9-352 p. 22 cm
Topics: Communism -- United States 1917- [from old catalog], Socialism -- United States, Socialists --...
Topics: Communism -- United States 1917- [from old catalog], Socialism -- United States, Socialists --...
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