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Posted by: Amber Paranick
Eileen Jakeway, an innovation specialist on the LC Labs team, first posted this piece to The Signal blog. On September 15, 2020, the Library of Congress announced the release of Newspaper Navigator, an experimental web application which allows members of the public to visually browse 1.5 million photographs from Chronicling America using machine learning. Read more about the …
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers
Posted by: Heather Thomas
The infamous trials throughout the early 20th century provide great theater for the masses. A look at these trials gives a snapshot of the issues of class, wealth, status, and race that pervade the time period.
Posted in: Crime, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Megan Halsband
United States Census records are some of the most important government documents - learn more about the 2020 Census and about historic materials from the Serial & Government Publications Division at the Library of Congress!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Government Documents
Posted by: Malea Walker
On the night of November 12, 1833, the sky fell. This is the story of how one scientist used America’s newspapers to find answers.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers
Posted by: Amber Paranick
Joshua Ortiz Baco is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin. His work combines cultural studies and digital methodologies in the study of 19th-century abolitionist and racial discourses in U.S. newspapers of Cuban, Puerto Rican and Brazilian immigrants. His research is funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation grant-in-aid program …
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Interviews
Posted by: Heather Thomas
Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) is an astronomer, educator, librarian, activist, and the first nationally recognized woman scientist in the United States. She discovers a new comet, which bears her name, and calculates its orbit, and adds several new nebulae to sky maps. She also teaches at a prominent women’s college and fights to advance the cause of …
Posted in: Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, Women's History
Posted by: Malea Walker
Solving puzzles didn’t just pass the time in the early 1900s, solving puzzles could sometimes even win you a prize! Puzzle contests abounded, sometimes run by the newspapers and sometimes run by local companies hoping to get readers’ business. One of the favorites for contests of the era was the rebus. What is a rebus? …
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Free Puzzles
Posted by: Megan Halsband
Ice cream recipes from the early 20th century courtesy of Chronicling America, and a little history sprinkled on top!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Holidays, Recipes
Posted by: Heather Thomas
There are some cases that capture the public's imagination and cause a media frenzy. There's the political trials, which cover treason, spying, dissidents, and radicals. Celebrity trials that involve high-profile people, whether victims or defendants. And the "whodunit" trials that are surrounded in mystery. Whatever the case, 19th century America has its share of legendary trials that captivate the public interest and newspapers deliver all the sensational details.
Posted in: African American History, Crime, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, U.S. Presidents