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Newspaper Photograph Morgues in the United States and Canada

States: A-F

The public institutions listed by state below have at least one newspaper photograph morgue. States included on this page:

California

California State University San Marcos

Escondido Times-Advocate and North County Times (1968-2001), in the Dan Rios Papers External

Center for Sacramento History

Collections External
Includes Modesto Bee (1960-2010); Sacramento Observer (1964-1988) (collection guide External via Online Archive of California); Sacramento Bee (1939-2010).

Los Angeles Public Library

Photo Collection External
Includes Hollywood Citizen News (1946-1968), Los Angeles Herald Examiner (1920s-1989) External, and Valley Times Photo Collection (1946-1965) External.

Oakland Museum of California

Oakland Tribune (early 1900s to 1990s) External

San Diego History Center

San Diego Union-Tribune (1912-1981) (collection guide via Online Archive of California) External

San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center

San Francisco News-Call Bulletin (1915-1965) (collection guide via Online Archive of California) External

Thousand Oaks Library

News Chronicle (1966-2000) External
See also the collection guide via Online Archive of California External.

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

UCLA Special Collections

University of Southern California

Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection (1920-1961) External
More than 20,000 images digitized.
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) External

Colorado

Boulder Public Library

Local History and Genealogy Research - Carnegie Library for Local History External
Includes: Boulder Daily Camera Photos (BDC and 928), Colorado Daily Photo Collection, and Town and Country Review (1966-1979).

Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Division

Rocky Mountain News (1940-2009) (collection summary) External

District of Columbia

DC Public Library, Martin Luther King Memorial Library, Washingtoniana Division

Washington Star (1930-1981) (collection guide) External
A selection of the photographs External are available online.

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division

New York World-Telegram & Sun (bulk 1920-1967) (research guide)

National Archives, Still Picture Branch

New York Times, Paris Bureau (ca. 1900-ca. 1950), US Information Agency, Record Group 306 (collection summary) External

Florida

Clearwater Public Library System

Clearwater Sun (1960s-1980s) via Pinellas Digital Memory Collection External

HistoryMiami Museum