Search The Public Domain Review

    The Public Domain Review
    Life and Passion of Christ (1903)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Life and Passion of Christ (1903)

    A Theory of Pure Design: Harmony, Balance, Rhythm (1907)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    A Theory of Pure Design: Harmony, Balance, Rhythm (1907)

    Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
    Film / 
    Sport & Exercise

    Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)

    Plates from Spiegel’s *De formato foetu liber singularis* (1626)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Plates from Spiegel’s De formato foetu liber singularis (1626)

    An Alphabet of History (1905)
    Books / 
    People, Communication

    An Alphabet of History (1905)

    Alice in Wonderland (1915)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Alice in Wonderland (1915)

    35mm Stock Footage
    Film / 
    War, Technology

    35mm Stock Footage

    Illuminated pages from 15th century Breviaries
    Images

    Illuminated pages from 15th century Breviaries

    Robert Browning attempting to recite ‘How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix’ (1889)
    Audio

    Robert Browning attempting to recite ‘How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix’ (1889)

    Natural History of Shakespeare; Being Selections of Flowers, Fruits, and Animals (1877)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    Natural History of Shakespeare; Being Selections of Flowers, Fruits, and Animals (1877)

    Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly (1919)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly (1919)

    The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
    Film / 
    War

    The Battle of San Pietro (1945)

    Photographs of the Famous by Felix Nadar
    Images / 
    People

    Photographs of the Famous by Felix Nadar

    Lucy Isabelle Marsh
    Audio

    Lucy Isabelle Marsh

    Hand Book of the Carnival, Containing Mardi-Gras, its Ancient and Modern Observance (1874)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    Hand Book of the Carnival, Containing Mardi-Gras, its Ancient and Modern Observance (1874)

    Original Acrostics on all the States and Presidents of the United States, and Various Other Subjects (1868)
    Books / 
    Politics, Communication

    Original Acrostics on all the States and Presidents of the United States, and Various Other Subjects (1868)

    Dog Factory (1904)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Dog Factory (1904)

    Edison reading Mary Had a Little Lamb (1927)
    Audio

    Edison reading Mary Had a Little Lamb (1927)

    Labors of the Months from the Très Riches Heures
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    Labors of the Months from the Très Riches Heures

    James Joyce’s Chamber Music (1918 American Edition)
    Books / 
    Love & Lust

    James Joyce’s Chamber Music (1918 American Edition)

    The Dream of Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland, California (1924)
    Film / 
    Strange Phenomena, Humour & Satire

    The Dream of Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland, California (1924)

    Time-Lapse Demolition of the Star Theatre, New York (1902)
    Film / 
    Architecture

    Time-Lapse Demolition of the Star Theatre, New York (1902)

    The Embalming Jars of Frederik Ruysch
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    The Embalming Jars of Frederik Ruysch

    Madame Tussaud’s Napoleon Relics, Pictures and Other Curiosities (1901)
    Books / 
    People

    Madame Tussaud’s Napoleon Relics, Pictures and Other Curiosities (1901)