19 Million Pages of Historic Newspapers Digitized by Library of Congress

Image caption: The April 16, 1912 front page of the New York Tribune. Image courtesy of Library of Congress via Chronicling America. Article by Sarah Rose Sharp. Hyperallergic – September 21, 2022.

The days of microfiche — or even those who can remember what that is — may be well behind us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to access the history of newsprint. In fact, with the Chronicling America initiative from the Library of Congress expanding to include media from all 50 United States, Washington, DC, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, it’s easier than ever to engage with a massive, searchable database of archived newspapers from around the country. […]

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