How a strange face in a random 19th-century newspaper ad became a portal to a forgotten moment in ASCII art history ...

The ad was for the weekly newspaper itself, which was looking for salespeople. The requirements: a fair education and a good reference.

Some sorts of ads still appear in our newspapers. Others have disappeared as the times changed and the old ads might well surprise or even startle 21st-century readers.

To understand the future of post-advertising media, let’s briefly consider its past. During a period of the early 19th century known as the “party press” era, newspapers relied on patrons.

Old Newspaper Ads Reveal How Native American Slavery Continued Into The 19th Century "In a way, printers themselves acted as slave brokers." ...

Some sorts of ads still appear in our newspapers. Others have disappeared as the times changed and the old ads might well surprise or even startle 21st-century readers.

How a 19th-century news revolution sparked activists, influencers, disinformation, and the Civil War Long before anyone was accused of being “woke,” the Wide Awakes used new news technology to rapidly ...

PLATTSBURGH — Demolition of the 19th-century house at 330 Cornelia St. had been a long time coming.

For those of you despairing about the nasty tenor of elections today, the ugly partisanship of politics, the polarity of the press: Be happy you weren’t around in the 19th century.

American-Statesman at 150: At turn of 19th century, Texas and Austin’s newspaper began to grow up Michael Barnes 0:00 0:44 ...

The St. Louis-based newspaper, printed in both English and Spanish, touted the benefits of trade between the Midwest and Mexico.

The ad above and others in that series were meant for one Richard Collinson, who at the time was gallivanting around the Canadian Arctic trying to solve one of the mid-19th century’s most ...