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Historical News Media
A great source of photos, advertising images, editorial cartoons and other illustrations, descriptive information. Full text/full image reproduction.
- Chicago Tribune Historical [ProQuest] 1849+ (lacks current 14 years) This link opens in a new window1849-1986
- New York Times Historical [ProQuest] 1851+ (lacks current 4 years) This link opens in a new window1851-2005
- Times (London) Digital Archive [Gale] (lacks current 6 years) This link opens in a new window1785-1985
- America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1922 This link opens in a new windowCover-to-cover reproduction of hundreds of historic American newspapers from 1690-1922
- African American Newspapers: The 19th Century (Coverage varies by title) This link opens in a new windowThe complete text of articles from The Christian Recorder, The Colored American/Weekly Advocate, Frederick Douglass Paper, Freedom's Journal, The National Era, The North Star, and Provincial Freeman.
- American Broadsides and Ephemera 1760-1900 This link opens in a new windowFacsimiles of 18th and 19th century broadsides and ephemera, including accounts of the Civil War, government proclamations, town meeting reports, trade cards, theater and music programs, menus, and invitations documenting civic and private events.
News Photos & Footage
- AP Images [EBSCO] 1840+ This link opens in a new windowCurrent year's photos from the Associated Press newspaper photo library and over a million photos dating from the 1840s to the present with text captions.
- Academic Search Ultimate [EBSCO] This link opens in a new windowThousands of current and historic photographs and other images of people, places, and natural science topics, many from the Canadian news press. Select "Images" from the "More" option in the blue menu bar.
- Getty ImagesMore than 200 million contemporary commercial and archival images including the Bettmann Archive.
- New York Times. Photos & GraphicsCurrent and historical photos, information graphics, and other images from the New York Times Syndicate.
- Life Photo ArchiveMillions of news and editorial photographs and other images dating from 1750 to the present. Includes many iconic images, but most were never published.
- Time-Life Pictures"Content from the finest photojournalists, documenting past and present political and cultural events, as well as celebrities and the American experience."
Historical Periodicals
- American Periodicals [ProQuest] 18th-early 20th Century This link opens in a new windowFull text of 18th and 19th century magazines and journals, including Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and many popular and opinion magazines, some still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal.