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Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print
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Improving Machine-Readable Text for Newspapers in Chronicling America
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/04/ocr-reprocessing/
Published: April 29, 2025 17:00
The Library of Congress has launched a new project to improve the text supporting keyword searches in Chronicling America. Read about our recent work and future plans to make this valuable historical collection easier to explore.
250 Years Ago: News of the Battles of Lexington and Concord
Published: April 17, 2025 18:00
On April 21, 1775, The New-Hampshire Gazette and Historical Chronicle published an article titled “Bloody News,” reporting the first hostilities of what would become the Revolutionary War. On April 19, 1775, British troops fired on the men of the Lexington…
AHHA! Discovering Black, Hispanic and Indigenous Comic Book Creators
Published: April 3, 2025 16:13
The following is a guest post by Regan Chambers-Kleiner who recently interned at the Library in the Serial and Government Publications Division as a part of the Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA). From September to November,…
AHHA Intern Spotlight: Jala Robertson
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/03/ahha-intern-spotlight-jala-robertson/
Published: March 18, 2025 19:30
This fall, the Serial and Government Publications Division's Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced (AHHA) intern, Jala Robertson, researched and wrote 10 research guides about African American and Hispanic American people and groups using the…
Top Five Tips for Using the Image Viewer
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/03/using-the-image-viewer/
Published: March 11, 2025 14:00
In Chronicling America's new interface, the image viewer provides tools to help you inspect and interactive with each individual newspaper page. Here are our top five tips for navigating, clipping, and sharing!
Exploring a Newspaper Title Record
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/01/exploring-a-newspaper-title-record/
Published: January 27, 2025 15:20
This post will explore how to use the unique features of a newspaper title record to find detailed information about historic newspapers in the Chronicling America digital collection.
How to Browse All Digitized Titles in Chronicling America
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/01/browse-digitized-titles/
Published: January 14, 2025 20:19
In our second post on Chronicling America's new interface, learn how to browse newspapers at the title level, and use the interactive map.
Tips for Searching in Chronicling America
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/01/tips-for-searching-in-chronicling-america/
Published: January 7, 2025 20:49
Chronicling America has a new look! This post explores how to use the advanced search features and how to limit your search by title, date, language, and ethnicity.
The 1874 Transit of Venus in the News
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/12/transit-of-venus/
Published: December 19, 2024 20:00
December 8, 2024 marked the 150th anniversary of the 1874 transit of Venus, the phenomena when Venus crosses between the Earth and the Sun. The event prompted many countries to plan scientific expeditions to the areas directly beneath the travel line in…
Free Puzzles: Numbers Edition
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/12/free-puzzles-numbers-edition/
Published: December 4, 2024 17:00
Historic newspapers have a wealth of fun puzzles. Try your hand at these number puzzles and riddles and let us know if you've solved them!