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Strasburg Discovery Delivered To LVA, Newspaper Project

After the passage of 80 years, let’s go ahead and submit that publisher and editor E. E. Keister had a worthwhile idea-the consolidation of his four…

Henry MorseAugust 7, 2012

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“Stay Off the Cars”–The Boycott of the Virginia Passenger and Power Company

In 1902 Louisiana became the first to pass a statewide statute requiring mandatory segregation of streetcars, followed by Mississippi in 1904. That same year, Virginia…

Kelley EwingJuly 27, 2012

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A Reliable Remedy–Medicinal Ads from Old Newspapers

Television and copy advertisements for prescription drugs are a common sight these days. But the obsession with finding the latest and greatest cure-all is nothing…

Kelley EwingJuly 5, 2012

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100 Years Ago Today: Chaos at the Republican Convention

The ascension of Mitt Romney, though drawn out, is boring by comparison to the Republican Convention of 1912. The June 21, 1912 issue of the The Times Dispatch devoted…

Silver PersingerJune 21, 2012

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The Big Stone Post

The setting for John Fox Jr.’s 1908 novel Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Big Stone Gap in Wise County is situated along the Powell River…

Kelley EwingJune 18, 2012

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Newspaper Discovery Sends Shock Waves Through Subgenius Community

Sometimes while I’m preparing newspapers for microfilming, I come across interesting images, often I’ll take a photo on my phone and upload it to Facebook…

Silver PersingerJune 13, 2012

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Metro Virginia News/The Public Pamphlet Two Papers/Two Dynamos

An earlier posting promised some additional remarks about a pair of recent arrivals to the LVA/VNP microfilm collection: the Metro Virginia News and the Public Pamphlet of Leesburg,…

Henry MorseJune 8, 2012

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How much was that? continued…

Kelley EwingJune 1, 2012

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How much was that?

Advertisements are from the Blue Ridge Herald (Purcellville, Virginia) of January 6, 1955. Tune in tomorrow for more…….

Kelley EwingMay 31, 2012

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Using Chronicling America

Check out this series of video podcasts to learn how to use Chronicling America. Big thanks to the Ohio Historical Society for creating these helpful…

Kelley EwingMay 23, 2012

Conservation Newspapers

Conserving to Preserve or “Ironing Newspapers”

One of the things that I do with the Newspaper Project is mending newspapers. Last week I repaired an issue of The New York Tribune,…

Silver PersingerMay 18, 2012

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Donated to LVA-The Star-A High School Paper That Gets High Marks

While the Library of Virginia’s historical newspaper collection is extensive and varied, it has a genre of newspaper that may be surprising to some: twentieth…

Kelley EwingMay 11, 2012

Conservation Newspapers The Stacks

Do you have old Virginia Newspapers?

Despite the fact that the Library of Virginia holds the largest collection of historic Virginia newspapers with 2616 titles on microfilm and over 2000 titles…

Silver PersingerMay 3, 2012

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New Newspapers at LVA

How much was a bottle of bourbon in 1941? How about a "beautifully rebuilt" Electrolux vacuum? The prices of these and other items can be…

Kelley EwingMay 1, 2012

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Real Estate Newspaper Sheds Light on Role Played by Developers

The Virginia Newspaper Project recently purchased two issues of an eight page newspaper entitled The Richmond Progress from a historic newspaper dealer. The issues are not…

Silver PersingerApril 23, 2012