Created by the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress as part of its American Memory digitized library project, this site will eventually offer "28,000 primary source items dating from the seventeenth century to the present," covering "key events and eras in American history." The current site offers "fifty items from fourteen American states, the District of Columbia, and London, England," including Woman Suffrage Broadsides from the beginning of the century, a War Department "Still at Large" Poster for the assassins of Lincoln, and an admonitory poster version of Gwendolyn Brooks's famous poem, "We Real Cool," printed in Detroit, Michigan in 1966. The images are clear, readable, and easily accessible with standard browser software. An introduction to the site also offers an informative discussion of the history and uses of various ephemera. The complete site is scheduled to come online later this year.
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