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Happy 220th Birthday to the Library of Congress!

Posted by: Amber Paranick

This piece was co-written by my colleague Megan Halsband. To celebrate the 220th anniversary of its founding, on Friday, April 24, 2020, the Library of Congress is highlighting some of the many gifts and resources we have been able to provide because of your contributions.  Your creativity and knowledge help us build our Web Archiving collections …

Posted in: African American History, Comic Books, Digitized Newspapers, Government Documents, Holidays, Newspapers, Web Archives, World War I

A child carrying a bundle of newspapers in one hand, the other arm held high with a copy of the Anchorage Daily Times, the headline reading

Hello Girls Answer Uncle Sam’s Call

Posted by: Amber Paranick

Coined as the Hello Girls as early as the late 19th century, female telephone switchboard operators were widely known as having gentle and polite voices regardless of demanding and impatient callers. During World War I, French-speaking Hello Girls were enlisted to improve wartime communication, transmitting crucial information over a battlefield phone system to troops on …

Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, Women's History, World War I