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Ohio Media Sources

History & Archives Digital Resources
Pictures and archives about Ohio history, contributed by Ohio museums and libraries.
LIFE Photo Archive
Millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.
Sanborn Historic Maps (1882-1962)
Over 40,000 detailed maps of Ohio cities drawn between 1882 and 1962.

Large scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company from 1867 to 1970. Sanborn Maps show the outline of each building including the location of windows and doors together with street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers.
These maps are heavily used in both public and academic libraries by a wide range of researchers including local historians to locate and identify buildings and neighborhoods, urban historians to study the growth of towns and cities, and environmentalists concerned about impact of new developments.

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CMST 3756 - Interviewing: Media Sources

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