The Illustrated London News Historical Archive

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Essential Information

Location	National Maritime Museum

27 May 2010

The NMM Archive and Library is pleased to announce the acquistion of the full archive of 'The Illustrated London News Historical Archive', from 1842-2003.

With its debut in 1842 the Illustrated London News became the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper, sparking a revolution in journalism and news reporting. The publication presented a vivid picture of British and world events - including news of war, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science. Containing over 260,000 full colour pages, fully searchable and browseable, the ILN Historical Archive 1842-2003 provides users with unprecedented access to the entire run of this unique historical record.

The 30-day trial period to this resource proved so successful that we purchased the entire archive and we hope that you will enjoy it as much as we did!

Sara (Digital Resources Librarian)