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The Media History Digital Library 2,915,076 pages (and counting!) from numerous unique periodicals, books, and other publications! Use this search form to perform a fulltext search of the content of those pages.

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Lantern is the search platform for the collections of the Media History Digital Library. Enter a search term below to begin exploring the 2,915,076 pages of digitized books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.