Library of Scotland Broadside Collection

Today if you want the news you can check the radio, television, or Internet any time of the day or night. But how did folks get the news before mass media? News was displayed through broadsides which were like the ads and flyers we see posted on office bulletin boards and the local supermarket. These carried the "news" of the day. Sometimes it was questionable as to whether this was news or fiction but it was the source of its time. Now the Library of Scotland has created a web site with over 1,800 broadsides posted between 1650 and 1910. You can search by keyword or use a subject index.