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So I don't know how other states handle their national libraries, but here in Austria they have started an awesome project a few years ago.
http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno
This is a good chunk of the newspaper archive of Austria from ~1710 to 1940. Especially from around 1925 on there are quite many newspapers free to read. Sadly copyright forbids them to publish papers younger than 70 years, that's why the chain breaks at 1940 ... for now.
A .ppt about the project in English can be found here:
http://anno.onb.ac.at/files/ifla_anno_eng.ppt
Not that much info in there though.
Couple of remarks:
-) Almost all papers are written/printed in current, consult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurrent for more info. Most notable exceptions are 2 jewish newspapers but of course they only go up to 1938
-) There is no download limit or any charge to download the high quality PDFs
-) This is a very good ressource for history assignments if you know your German.
-) Of course i am not associated with either the project nor the national library
-) Read "Das Welt-Blatt" ( http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=nwb ) for a taste of how nazi propaganda was worded back then
-) Read "Jüdische Presse" ( http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=jpr&datum=1938&zoom=2 ) for a jewish newspaper
And if any of you know:
Is there something similar in Germany, the UK or the US?
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I believe at major libraries in most NA cities you can find archived newspapers through pretty far back... late 19th at least. Not sure about on the web though.
I wish I could read these. 
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University of Toronto has newspaper back in the early 1900s (go check the 9th floor of Robarts). They are bound and stored on shelves that no one bothers to look; and frankly, the dust that releases from moving these ancient paper is a serious health hazard.
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At first I thought I was going to get historical items in the mail for free 
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http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
^ Quite useful for history reports. And has a zillion USA papers. Including the tiny one in rural california that was monthly. And the mormon ones. And everything
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Wow, didn't hear about this.
Pretty sick :O
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There was a project in germany where every week a few selected newspapers from a WWII context (e.g. reichskristallnacht, or the fire in the reichstag) was put together and sold for around 4 euros. bought a couple of them, interesting and partially disgusting stuff. i think it was called Zeitungszeugen and I'd be suprised if all these articles were available for free online - what would be the point in selling it then?
might still be in progress actually since theres almost unlimited events to cover up...
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On February 10 2011 09:18 Froadac wrote:http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/^ Quite useful for history reports. And has a zillion USA papers. Including the tiny one in rural california that was monthly. And the mormon ones. And everything
I am confused, can i read them online or just look up their details?
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nevermind, found it 
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/
sadly, the online archive just covers up to 1922
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that's awesome
libraries often have local papers and occasionally major national ones on microfilm. it's mindblowing to read those things from both a historical perspective and just to read that iconic old school newsman style of writing. it's so wildly different, but you can instantly recognize (at least in american papers) stuff from the 30-40s.
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