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Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print
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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!
Researcher Story: Caleb Franz on Rev. John Rankin
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/11/rev-john-rankin/
Published: November 25, 2024 15:00
An interview with researcher Caleb Franz who utilized the collections at the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room for his new book "The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism’s Essential Founding Father." Read about his researcher…
Traveling the Witches’ Road in Comic Books
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/11/traveling-the-witches-road-in-comic-books/
Published: November 8, 2024 20:42
This blog post examines the history of Marvel comic book characters Agatha Harkness and Wanda Maximoff and their relationship to the witches' road featuring titles from the comic book collection at the Library of Congress
A Trip Through the Land of Oz: From Wicked to Whimsical
Published: October 22, 2024 18:00
In 1900, L. Frank Baum introduced the world to the Land of Oz. He continued writing many Oz books, taking the story far beyond Dorothy and the Wicked Witch. Many of those stories were printed in the pages of historic newspapers. Have you read them?
The Bloody Benders: Homestead of Horrors
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/
Published: October 8, 2024 16:10
Read about the serial killer Bender family from Cherryvale, Kansas, in Chronicling America, with first-hand accounts and breaking news as it was printed in 1873. The unsolved mystery of the Benders captivated headlines for over 50 years.