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News Paper Collection

Background imageNews Paper Collection: Cylinder printing press, 1800s

Cylinder printing press, 1800s
Hoe printing press, showing type locked on the bed and overlays fixed on the cylinder; ink rollers on far right, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageNews Paper Collection: Typesetter at work, 1800s

Typesetter at work, 1800s
Setting type by hand in a print-shop. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageNews Paper Collection: Railroad land for sale in Iowa and Minnesota

Railroad land for sale in Iowa and Minnesota
Farmland in Minnesota and Iowa for sale by the St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1870s. Handset type advertisement with a watercolor wash

Background imageNews Paper Collection: BUSN2A-00242

BUSN2A-00242
Harpers Weekly special automobile issue, 1907. Printed color lithograph cover

Background imageNews Paper Collection: New York Ledger newspaper ad, late 1800s

New York Ledger newspaper ad, late 1800s
Advertisement for the Christmas issue of the New York Ledger, 1891. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageNews Paper Collection: Pulitzer

Pulitzer
Journalist Joseph Pulitzer, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageNews Paper Collection: Andrew Johnsons impeachment delivered, 1868

Andrew Johnsons impeachment delivered, 1868
Senate Sergeant-at-Arms serving the impeachment summons on President Johnson, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration in Harpers Weekly

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BUSN2A-00153
Rural newspaper editor considering farm products as payment for a subscription, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageNews Paper Collection: BUSN2A-00171

BUSN2A-00171
Young blacksmith reading a newspaper, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century painting by F. B. Mayer

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PPRT2A-00007
Andrew Hamiltons defense of John Peter Zenger, establishing freedom of the press in the American colonies, 1734-1735. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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HOUS2A-00057
Old Knickerbocker family around the tea table, New York Colony, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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HOUS2A-00120
Christmas edition of the Illustrated London News, 1888. Color lithograph

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HOUS2A-00005
A country store in an American village, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageNews Paper Collection: Pulitzer, 1910

Pulitzer, 1910
Joseph Pulitzer about 1910. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting

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PSOC2A-00028
" The Liberator" : masthead of William Lloyd Garrisons abolitionist newspaper, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageNews Paper Collection: Acquittal of John Peter Zenger, 1735

Acquittal of John Peter Zenger, 1735
John Peter Zenger celebrating his acquittal after trial for libel, colonial New York City, 1735. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Darley illustration

Background imageNews Paper Collection: BUSN2A-00246

BUSN2A-00246
Reporter interviewing people in the financial district, New York City, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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BUSN2A-00261
Typesetters and printers at work in a print shop, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration by A. B. Frost

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BUSN2A-00245
Reporters working a murder story, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone of an illustration

Background imageNews Paper Collection: PPRE2A-00073

PPRE2A-00073
Rough Rider Theodore Roosevelt on the cover of Harpers Weekly, September 29, 1900. Lithograph

Background imageNews Paper Collection: Printed color lithograph

Printed color lithograph
Florists delivery boy on a bicycle, Harpers Weekly cover for March 11, 1911. Printed color halftone illustrated cover

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HREC2A-00028
Men reading newspapers in a library reading-room, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Howard Pyle

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BUSN2A-00007
Ad for the New York Sun, a weekly newspaper, 1880. Color lithograph

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PBUS2A-00011
Joseph Pulitzer holding a press printing the New York " World" newspaper 1901. Hand-colored halftone of an illustration

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PSOC2A-00011
Masthead of " The Liberator, " 1831, Garrisons abolitionist newspaper. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageNews Paper Collection: BUSN2A-00206

BUSN2A-00206
American villagers reading news of the US-Mexican War, 1840s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century illustration

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PPRT2A-00004
British colonial government burning Zengers newspaper on Wall Street, New York City, 1734. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageNews Paper Collection: Seeing the Grand Canyon by car, 1911

Seeing the Grand Canyon by car, 1911
Tourists in an automobile visiting the Grand Canyon - Harpers Weekly cover, Automotive Issue, 1911. Printed color lithograph

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EVRV2A-00135
Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser protesting the Stamp Act by publishing a skull in place of a royal tax stamp, 1765

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PREV2A-00067
Benjamin Franklin reading. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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EVRV2A-00238
The Massachusetts Spy newspaper, on the first anniversary of the Boston Massacre, 1771. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash


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