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Words from Merriam-Webster's "Time Traveler"

Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster

An interactive feature that displays the new words that were used in print each year, going back centuries.

via Merriam-Webster on August 15, 2017

How Advertisers Have Used Maps to Try to Sell You Stuff

A huge collection of “persuasive maps” — newly available online — reveals how our trust in cartography can be used to sway us.

by Betsy Mason via National Geographic on May 5, 2017

An "Information Wanted" advertisement from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Courtesy of the National Archives.

Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery

Last Seen is recovering stories of families separated in the domestic slave trade. The following explains how the project engages with these family histories.

via Villanova University on August 1, 2016

Pixelated image of ancient ruins with columns

Raiders of the Lost Web

If a Pulitzer-nominated 34-part series of investigative journalism can vanish from the web, anything can.

by Adrienne LaFrance via The Atlantic on October 14, 2015

Woman preparing to digitize a manuscript document.

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