Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Trivia of the Week (Answer)….



See image. The question asked what the front page of the 7/13/1939 Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper looked like. This was really a what tool could you use question. And the answer there is the LAPL’s Los Angeles Sentinel Historical Archive.  This archive allows you to browse complete issues, cover to cover, from 1934 to 2005. Search by more than 20 article types, keyword, date ranges, specific dates, author, and more. View news articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons, and more for added context. Print and download articles and images in PDF format. A fascinating thing to explore and a way to get a look at what was going on in LA’s African-American community.

Find the Los Angeles Sentinel Historical Archive listed alphabetically under L on LAPL’s Research & Homework page (https://lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework) and access it with your library card.