From the SEL article by Chris Sherman:
Google, in partnership with a number of North American newspapers, ProQuest and Heritage, has begun digitizing printed newspapers, making them both searchable and browsable exactly as they appeared in print, including photographs, headlines, articles and advertisements.
More from the official Google blog post.
See Also: Chronicling America Newspaper Digitization from LC
See Also: FREE Special Collections of Historic Newspapers from NewspaperArchive.com
(Some of the free content here is available for a fee elsewhere).
