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Reading period access: From May 1 to May 13, access to the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center and the Fisher Fine Arts Library will be limited to PennCard holders and other Penn affiliates. Find more information.

Thanks to this partnership, Penn’s Indo-Caribbean postcard collection is now hosted by dLOC and by the Libraries, making the material more discoverable and putting it in context with related material.

Watercolor illustration showing a group of people gathered around a number of houses with thatched roofs. Text at the bottom says, "East Indian Huts, Trinidad, B.W.L."

Many of the newspapers are from the mid-20th century and many are from small cities and towns.

Clips from 6 different historical newspapers, show in a grid. Headlines in top row, left to right: "Dog Saves Canine Friend From Drowning In River," "The Wizard of Oz" "Chilled Waffle Wns Rancher's Wife Divorce." Headlines in bottom row: "Where Storm Struck in All Its Fury" "Unusual Weather—Flood Buries Cars in L.A." "M.P.H. Wind Lashes Ocean To Wild Fury"

This database includes complete runs of some of the most impactful Black newspapers of the 20th century, archives from major civil rights organizations, government documents, and more.

A collage of clippings from newspapers. Only fragments of text are visible. On the far right is the corner of a cartoon featuring a girl looking over her shoulder; on the right is a newspaper print photo of a crowd of people holding protest signs.

These three major art publications are now available to the Penn community as online, full color searchable image databases.

Cover of the May 1990 issue of Art in America, featuring a full-page rendering of the painting The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David. Text at the top indicates that the magazine cost $4.75. On the bottom left, text reads: J.L.-David: 3 Views; Art & Obscenity; Tucker, Jaffe, Levitt

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A photograph of a woman and young child from an ethnic newspaper.

An oil painting describing daily life of Regent's Square in Victorian England.

Illustration of slaves working on a sugar cane plantation.

Labor groups marching in suffrage demonstration in Washington, D.C., May 9, 1914

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