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ALT Atlantic article The Internet Needs a Memory by Brewster Kahle, with a green head and cursor graphic
ALT Maeve Iwasaki demonstrates microfiche digitization at the Internet Archive's physical archive. Photo by Brad Shirakawa, October 21, 2025.
ALT Photo of Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive’s physical archive site. He is leaning forward and looking into a large shipping container used for storage, with pallets visible inside.
ALT Screenshot of the Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon website, dated Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026, showing its masthead with a Golden Gate Bridge banner photo and navigation menu, above a "Then and Now" article titled "Clement Street and Funston Avenue." The article shows two side-by-side photos: on the left, a black-and-white 1930 photo of the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist and Reading Room, a Classical Revival building built in 1923 by architect Carl Werner; on the right, a color 2020s photo of the same building, captioned as now home to the Internet Archive, which purchased it in 2009.
ALT Internet Archive Wayback Machine logo.
ALT The public record is huge. Make it do something weird and useful.
ALT Promotional graphic for the Current Affairs article "Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?" Mark Graham and Chris Freeland, both wearing glasses, are pictured against a background of burning books. The Current Affairs masthead appears at the top in white serif type on black.
ALT White card with centered black serif text reading: "From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive's Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it." The Current Affairs name appears below in pink, followed by a decorative flourish.
ALT Opening paragraph of the Current Affairs article "Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?" Large decorative W begins the text, which describes how websites go dark, governments purge public records, and streaming platforms remove films and music. The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is introduced as a tool preserving snapshots of a constantly rewritten web.
ALT Logo of the Internet Archive Switzerland. Black text on a white background.
ALT Grid of three images. Left: Linda Brown Smith, Ethel Louise Belton Brown, Harry Briggs, Jr., and Spottswood Bolling, Jr. — all plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education during a 1964 press conference. Image from the Library of Congress. Top Right: The official seal of the United States Supreme Court, featuring a circular design with the words “Supreme Court of the United States” surrounding a central emblem of a balanced scale of justice and a laurel wreath, symbolizing law, authority, and fairness. Bottom Right: Monogram of William & Mary Law School featuring a dark green background and a white intertwined “W&M” topped by a crown, referencing the university’s royal charter.
ALT The cover page of the Brief for Appellants filed in Brown v. Board of Education, Supreme Court of the United States, October Term 1952. The document is stamped as received by the Supreme Court Office on September 23, 1952. Listed as counsel for appellants are Robert L. Carter, Thurgood Marshall, Spottswood W. Robinson III, and Charles S. Scott, along with a number of additional attorneys of counsel including Constance Baker Motley and Jack Greenberg. The document is a microfilm scan, slightly aged and worn at the edges.
ALT Infographic highlighting that over 470,000 pages from the MTV News website have been preserved by the Internet Archive since 1997. The design includes a large “470,000” headline and a visual timeline starting at 1997, with a partial MTV News webpage graphic. Supporting text notes additional pages preserved from CMT News.