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Vintage Ad Browser

Jan 13

Posted by John Witter in Web Tools | No Comments

The Vintage Ad Browser, created by Philipp Lenssen, is a collection of ads from a wide array of sources (books, magazines, CD-Roms, websites, etc.).

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You can browse by category (Alcohol, Animals, Office, Sports, etc) or search by a key term (Government returned 74 images).

This is a good site for students to use for projects, or a resource to show examples of propaganda.

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North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project

Jan 3

Posted by John Witter in Primary Sources | No Comments

The North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project, found here, is a collection dating from 1751 through 1898. It is a good source of primary source documents for early US history. It include a search function that can be limited by year or regional newspaper.

Some additional digital newspapers include:

Utah Digital Newspapers
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
California Digital Newspaper Collection

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