House of (Public Domain) Mouse

Many of Mickey Mouse's earliest appearances entered the public domain this year, freely available for use and enjoyment on the Internet Archive.

View this email in your browser Oh Boy! Mickey Mouse, the Walt Disney Company's longtime mascot, first debuted in the classic animated short, Steamboat Willie, co-created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1928.  Mickey Mouse continued to appear in shorts the following year, featuring in 12 new animations that established much of the Mickey we recognize today. We get an appearance from Minnie Mouse in When The Cat's Away, Mickey speaking his first words in the The Karnival Kid and Disney Animation beginning the Silly Symphonies short-film series with The Skeleton Dance and Hell's Bells. All of these works, published in 1929, are in the public domain–making them free to use, enjoy and free of any copyright laws. Enjoy the early days of Mickey and friends, all publicly available on the Internet Archive today. -The Internet Archive Team If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the Internet Archive, we would greatly appreciate your support. You can lend a hand by visiting archive.org/donate or by texting ARCHIVE to 44321. Thank you for helping us provide Universal Access To All Knowledge.  DONATE TO THE INTERNET ARCHIVE You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Internet Archive. Our mailing address is: Internet Archive 300 Funston Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences to change what types of notifications you receive, or switch from HTML format to plain text. You can also unsubscribe from this list if you don't want to hear from us again.