20th Century Press Archives, Newspaper clippings archive in Hamburg, Germany
The Press Archives in Hamburg is a large collection of about 19 million newspaper clippings spanning from 1908 to 1949. The clippings are organized in folders by people, companies, products, events, and general topics.
The archive started in 1908 at the Hamburg Colonial Institute as a collection of press articles on trade and colonial matters. Over the 20th century, the collection grew and documented economic and political developments around the world.
The collection shows how newspapers and magazines from over 1,500 different sources presented the world during the 20th century, from everyday stories to major events. You can see the range of topics that media covered and what mattered to people back then.
Visitors can access approximately 2 million digitized pages through the archive's online platform. It helps to know in advance what topics or names you want to search for in order to navigate the large amount of material effectively.
The archive documents roughly 36,000 domestic and foreign companies, making it an economic history reference of international scope. This business collection offers a rare window into the 20th-century corporate landscape through contemporary press reports.
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