August 11, 2009

Bell hanging from a tree. And on your iPhone.


The second wallpaper featuring a Japanese woodblock print was created an image published between 1900 and 1915. The print shows a small bell on a rope hanging in a tree. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. Click on the image to get the free full-resolution iPhone Wallpaper JPEG.

August 8, 2009

Huge Wave Woodcut-Free iPhone Wallpaper


The first of three wallpapers created from Japanese woodcut prints from the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. This iPhone wallpaper is a portion of the print by Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849) showing a huge wave with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. From the series, "36 views of Mount Fuji." Click on the image to get the free full-resolution iPhone Wallpaper JPEG.

August 6, 2009

Visions of Titan-Free iPhone Wallpaper


Saturn appears dimly in the background through Titan's thick atmosphere in this vision of the Cassini Mission created by artist, Craig Attebery. For years, NASA has employed artists to envision distant planets and future missions. The full image is available from the NASA Image Library online. Click on the image to get to the full-resolution JPEG.

Jackie Robinson Rookie Wallpaper


This image, courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs division, is a public domain gem and part of the American Memory online exhibition. When Jack Roosevelt Robinson moved up to the big leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers, 60 years of racial segregation in Major League Baseball was ended. Click on the image to get to the full-resolution JPEG.

August 5, 2009

Good Hello


A funny twist on magnetic poetry with this free wallpaper for your iPhone. This is the first of many freebies that will be posted on this blog to make your iPhone... much better now. Click on the image to get to the full-resolution JPEG.