Mastheads Through the Years

A masthead is the title of the newspaper. Over time, mastheads have expanded to include information beyond the name of the newspaper and the date. What changes do you see? What stays the same?

1 Central Illinois Gazette.jpeg

1858

2 The Union and Gazette.jpeg

1866

3 The Champaign Daily News.jpeg

1915

4 The Champaign News-Gazette.jpeg

1919

NG 1920.jpeg

1920

NG 1930.jpeg

1930

NG 1940.jpeg

1940

NG 1950.jpeg

1950

NG 1960.jpeg

1960

NG 1970.jpeg

1970

NG 1980.jpeg

1980

NG 1990.jpeg

1990

NG 2010 without top section.jpeg

2010

Mastheads Through the Years