Chronicling America
Provides access to millions of pages of historic US newspapers from the Library of Congress
- Authentication
- No auth
- HTTPS
- No
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- News
- Data source
- public-apis + marcelscruz
- Documentation / URL
- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/api/
Overview
Chronicling America provides historic US newspaper pages from the Library of Congress — keyless.
⚠️ Status (verified 2026-08):
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov308-redirects towww.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/(the new portal host; the old path then 404s) — the portal moved. Follow redirects or use the new host.
What it provides
curl -L "https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?andtext=washington&format=json&rows=1"Notes
- Historic newspaper search (LOC).
- Portal now at www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica (verified 308).
FAQ
Is Chronicling America free? Yes — free and keyless.
Why 308? The portal moved to www.loc.gov (verified) — follow redirects.
What does it return? Historic newspaper pages.
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