Provides access to many California newspapers of historical significance dating as far back as 1849. Newspapers from San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Stockton and Benicia are included.
Provides access to primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers. Emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life.
I recommending visiting the complete list of digitized papers.
You can visit Advanced Search and narrow to a specific time frame e.g. 1840 to 1900 and to specific states. However search results are by newspaper pages NOT just by a specific newspaper title. You can search in the U.S. Newspaper Directory 1690-present for a specific newspaper title though this may dead-end.
Search and read newspaper pages from 1777-1963 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
Example of a Digitized Papers from Chronicling America
Note: Papers from the California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC) also appear in Chronicling of America.
1881 - 2010. Provides access to LA Times content just as it appeared when first printed. Includes news stories, advertising, cartoons, editorials, photographs, and more.
1865 - 1922. Provides access to the SF Chronicle just as it appeared when first printed. Includes news stories, advertising, cartoons, editorials, photographs, and more.
Rand, McNally & Co's New Business Atlas Map of California, 1892; hosted at Calisphere, contributed by the Coronado Public Library
Readex Platform - able to download PDFs of an issue
Gale Platform - able to download PDFs of an issue
Library of Congress, Chronicling of America - able to download single pages of an issue
ProQuest Platform - able to download single pages of an issue
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