Copyrights weren’t often renewed on advertisements, but a few were for various reasons. Deward and Rich renewed many of their “Miss Flora” ads after a court battle over a local florist reusing them without permission.

Sometimes objectors to ads also renewed copyrights. That happened with The Bunk of Modern Advertising, a 1928 booklet that included examples of marketing shenanigans of its time. Both that and the 1928 Miss Flora ads join the public domain in 38 days. #PublicDomainDayCountdown