This digital public history exhibit is about the history if advertising in the 18th century. The first thing you see when you enter the site is “What was bing advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today?” I thought that was really cool to be able to see that at the click of a button.
The exhibit was created by Carl Robert Key who is a professor at Assumption College. The reason for creating this exhibit is to make historical newspapers more easily accessible. Students at Assumption college also contribute to the exhibit.
The exhibit very well portrays old newspapers and again creates easier access for those who do not have access to the archives in which the originals are stored. Something that I would like to see improved about this exhibit is more description under each photo of an article. They can be hard to read and I’d really enjoy knowing the context of why the article was important enough to be included on the site.
Overall, the gain of this exhibit is easy access and the loss through this exhibit is holding the actual paper article in your hand.