Although we in the NJ Digital Newspaper Project office see plenty of images that make us do a double-take, we needed a minute to take in everything going on in this advertisement for a Barnum and Bailey Circus performance from…
Category: Blasts from the Past!
Celebrating Unsung Heroes: Happy National Nurses Week
The unprecedented circumstances that we face today exposes the heroic nature and honorable qualities of individuals who work in essential professions, especially in health care. Nursing is the largest health care profession and they work in a a variety of…
Old News of the Day–April 27-30
Traveling around New Jersey’s historical newspapers for late April into early May, some ads caught our eyes. The first, from the April 29, 1870 West-Jersey Pioneer and advertises the latest in clothes washing technology! This advertisement from the April 27,…