Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), illustrated by Wilhelm Kuhnert Brehms, 1927. From Wikipedia Commons.
Yes, I am remiss. It has been 4 days without a post and 5 without a ‘Daily Public Domain’ image.Since Monday, 17 May (2 days ago), was son Ben’s 9th birthday; and because Ben adores pandas (well, he likes bears especially, but really likes pandas and polar bears), I am going to give you more than one image of pandas today – to try and make up for missing the last couple of days.According to the
Wikipedia Commons information for this first picture, it was illustrated by Wilhelm Kuhnert Brehms, from a publication given as
Tierleben, Small Edition. I am not sure what that was, but the date given for the image is 1927.
Soviet stamp honoring the Moscow Zoo, showing a giant panda, 1964. From Wikipedia Commons.
The next image is a Soviet era Russian stamp, honoring the Moscow Zoo. It shows a giant panda, and was printed in 1964. Because stamps are government property and the stamp is no longer valid postage, under Russian law the image is public domain (because the image was made for the government). I think he’s adorable, myself. I also love the fact that the stamp that was scanned for this image was used and has a bit of the cancellation stamp showing in the bottom right corner. This is also from
Wikipedia Commons (one of my favorite places to browse for public domain images).
Poster for the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago featuring a giant panda, 1938. Created by Frank W. Long for the Federal Art Project. Library of Congress Digital Collections, LOC #LC-USZC2-984.
Next is cuddly looking panda on a 1938 poster for the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago. It was created by Frank W. Long for the Federal Art Project; and thus, like Rosie the Riveter and dozens of other posters created under various government programs during the Depression and World War II, it is public domain. It is also extremely cute! This little fellow is from the
Library of Congress Digital Collections.
Giant Panda. Pearson Scott Foresman, artist. Released into public domain by Foresman. From Wikipedia Commons.
Finally we have a line drawing by Pearson Scott Foresman, who has made dozens of black and white line drawings for
Wikipedia Commons and released most of them, including this one, into the public domain. It’s a wonderful graphic of a panda so I had to include it.
As always, click an image to see it/ download it full-sized.
Peace, and Happy Belated Birthday Ben!
(Yes, we had presents and cake on his birthday – they weren’t late!)
Bekka
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