The Florida Digital Newspaper Library has grown enormously in the past year, adding 384,238 pages since July 1 for a grand total of 504,773 pages!
Those many pages capture history in the making, including New Year’s Day across the years and across Florida. Front-page news covers the then-current events, often including a New Year’s baby.
For more news of the day, see the Florida Digital Newspaper Library, supported by the Smathers Libraries, which exists to provide free access to the news and history of Florida. The Florida Digital Newspaper Library ensures long-term digital preservation of Florida’s news, making the news available to everyone over the Internet and adding accessibility functions – zoomable page images for detail and searchable text for enhanced usability.
For a faster overview, UFDC’s Flickr account has a small selection of New Year’s Day front pages.
2008-12-21