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UPDATE: please follow our instagram account @papernewsletter. We're going to do a series there called THEN AND NOW, where we post pictures of places today and show the exact locations 100-200 years ago. Hey everyone! Excited to share a hobby that I've enjoyed for a while now. To me, history books often paint an idealized or smoothed picture of past events. So I supplement this learning with old newspapers so that I can learn more about the public opinion on the actual day these things were happening. But this is a very time consuming hobby, as finding these newspapers is not as easy as finding today's newspapers. So now, you don't have to! It's all in this newsletter. Each week we're going to cover a different historical event, but not just the usual stuff. We'll look at events which decades and centuries have washed away. One such example is the antitrust case that the US brought against Standard Oil in the early 1900's. In that issue, we'll explore the case itself and then take a journey through the tabloids that covered it. There are a lot of parallels between that case and certain tech companies today that I've found interesting and am excited to discuss. But that's just one of our upcoming issues. We'll also discuss other topics, like various assassinations, wars, and elections, as well as more niche events like the day New York's boroughs came together to form one city. If you're a fan of history or business, or just want a fresh perspective on the world, please sign up!

@matthew_robert_kochakian love the concept, great job! I was doing something similar collecting historical sales letters!

@matthew_robert_kochakian This is great. Newspapers tell a whole different kind of story to books. Can't wait to see where you take this.

@frcbls Thanks Ferruccio! What kind of sales letters? I think things from the past in general are pretty cool.

@tracey Thanks Tracey! I agree and can't wait as well 😃

@matthew_robert_kochakian Incredible, I love this so much!!! Especially that article on Penn Station!

Timehop but for newspapers 😮 cc @jwegener

@jwegener @rrhoover a blast from the past!

Nice Idea. Where do you get he data?

@mugas11 I'm just using public domain newspapers. I'm going to inquire with the NYT to see if they'll permit me to use some of their articles (which are my favorite) but otherwise I may just link to them in the future. The newspapers I'm using are all in public domain and accessible from the Library of congress's website, but what I'm doing is the work of combing through them and curating them around singular topics! That part is the thing that isn't really easy to do today.

@matthew_robert_kochakian Yes I belive. I have some ideas somehow similar ( for 2 different subjects) and even that most of the info is online always wonder that is not easy to gather them in one place

@mugas11 feel free to email me at the@papernewsletter.com with topic suggestions!

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News from 100+ years ago, reproduced and delivered via email

News from 100+ years ago, reproduced and delivered via email

The Paper

News from 100+ years ago, reproduced and delivered via email

News from 100+ years ago, reproduced and delivered via email

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