You may enjoy seeing pictures of life in Scotland many years ago, especially if some of your ancestors came from Scotland. From snapshots of a gnarled fishing crew standing over a landed shark in Berwick upon Tweed in 1897, to a joyous portrait of fishwives living it up on holiday in post-war Paris, they form …
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Photographic Archive Captures Rich Heritage of Scottish Fishing Communities
You may enjoy seeing pictures of life in Scotland many years ago, especially if some of your ancestors came from Scotland. From snapshots of a gnarled fishing crew standing over a landed shark in Berwick upon Tweed in 1897, to a joyous portrait of fishwives living it up on holiday in post-war Paris, they form …
New Interactive Map and Timeline Added to Chronicling America
This post was written by Nathan Yarasavage, a Digital Projects Specialist in the Library’s Serial and Government Publications Division and originally posted to the Headlines and Heroes blog, which highlights amazing stories in the Library’s collections of newspapers and comic books. Chronicling America* users can now browse the collection’s thousands of digitized historical newspapers using an interactive map …