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The Encyclopedia offers more than 1,500 historical sources, including photographs, drawings, maps, books, catalogues, cartoons, advertisements, posters, newspapers, magazine articles, letters, journal entries, government documents, and legal materials. All of these materials, whether single-page or multi-page resources, are available with the same set of tools for identifying and inspecting the source. (For a fuller description of exploring multi-page historical sources, see the "Reading Bound Volumes" section of the User's Guide.)
The historical source itself occupies the main portion of the screen, with identifying information and a caption below. A vertical bar of viewer controls is available in the lower-right corner of every historical source. (For a description of the index along the left-hand column of the window, see the "Browsing Entry Pages" section of the User's Guide.) Viewer Controls ![]() All historical sources make use of the Viewer Controls to facilitate exploration of the resource.
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