The following is a guest post by Mike Saelee, a Digital Conversion Specialist in the Serial and Government Publications Division.
The new image viewer for Chronicling America offers more options to view and manipulate newspaper pages. The new image viewer also offers the same features as the old image viewer, but the components are located in different places.
When you perform a search or browse an issue, you will see a list of issues or pages. When you click on any page image, you will be taken to the image viewer. The image viewer allows you to interact with the newspaper page. Basic information on using the image viewer can be found on “Chronicling America: A Guide for Researchers” under “Download and View Files” and “Images: Clip, Save, and Share.”
Here are the top five tips for using the image viewer.
Rotate Pages for Readability
Newspapers are typically printed in portrait orientation to match the text orientation. Sometimes, they are printed in landscape orientation. However, there are instances where newspapers will publish sideways or upside-down advertisements, images, charts and maps that does not match the main printed text orientation. Instead of adjusting your head to read the text, we recommend using the rotate button in the time right corner.