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toofyyesterday at 8:57 PM1 replyview on HN

hopefully a lot of local libraries will have access. i could spend hours sifting through this.


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jjaaammmmyyesterday at 10:19 PM

Unfortunately, it's not likely. The full text back to 1925 (of articles, with no images) has been available on ProQuest for a while, and many libraries subscribe to that which is ok, but lacking all the great photos, cartoons, ephemera etc.

Many libraries also subscribe to Libby/Overdrive which does include the full images of all the pages, but Libby only provides coverage for the past year. Unfortunately publishers of newspapers and magazines often offer great archival content of this sort on their websites, but don't allow libraries to license it for their patrons.