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Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print
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Reporting the Colors of Autumn
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/09/reporting-the-colors-of-autumn/
Published: September 30, 2025 21:33
Discover how historic newspapers and periodicals guided readers through autumn with peak fall foliage reports, popular leaf-hunting destinations, and seasonal travel and fashion tips.
Junior Fellow Spotlight: Grace Pryor
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/09/junior-fellow-spotlight-grace-pryor/
Published: September 23, 2025 12:22
This summer, Junior Fellow Grace Pryor helped to process the Library’s historic 9/11 Newspaper Collection. Read more about her experience, including some interesting finds in the collections!
Award-Winning Cartoonist Paul Karasik to be SPX Program Speaker
Published: September 9, 2025 19:00
Calling all teachers, students, cartoonists, and comics fans of all ages! Join us at the Library on Friday, September 12, to hear from two-time Eisner Award winning cartoonist and international comics instructor, Paul Karasik. Read more about it!
Chef to the Senate: Gottlieb Baumgartner
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/08/chef-to-the-senate-gottlieb-baumgartner/
Published: August 26, 2025 19:00
The Senate restaurant in the U.S. Capitol, known for its famed bean soup, has had its fair share of international chefs at its helm, including Swiss Chef Gottlieb Baumgartner, who worked as the head chef of the Senate restaurant from 1919 to 1937. Read…
Back to School: Comic Book Stories Part 3
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/08/back-to-school-comic-book-stories-part-3/
Published: August 13, 2025 14:14
Summer break is in its final days and that means…there is still time to read some comics! Let’s start this year’s sampling with a few comic book stories about college. Aquaman was quite the studious kind in his younger days, much like his DC colleagues,…
Everything is Peachy: Summer Recipes from Historic Newspapers
Published: July 31, 2025 15:00
Peaches are a summertime delight. Take a look through some of the sweet and savory recipes from our historic American newspapers featuring peaches along with some classic peach "salads."
AHHA! Firsts in Black and African American Cartoons and Comics
Published: June 26, 2025 14:04
While participating in the Library’s Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA), Lucy Havens researched the representation of Black cartoon and comic creators in the Library’s Comic Book Collection. Here she highlights a handful of…
250 Years Ago: The Battle of Bunker Hill
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/06/250-years-ago-the-battle-of-bunker-hill/
Published: June 12, 2025 19:00
In the dark of night on June 16, 1775, colonial soldiers worked hard to dig, build and fortify the area around Breed’s Hill and Bunker Hill outside of Charlestown, Massachusetts, to prepare for the battle the next day. Read about the Battle of Bunker Hill…
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…