NY Times archive not as great as I'd thought
Wherein set the information free
I was excited that the New York Times had opened their archives back to 1851. There's some fun stuff in there. But in trying to see if a couple of 1924 articles had some material worth quoting, I've hit an odd and annoying wall:
At $3.95 an article I'm not paying $8 just to see if there's something I can use.
I was excited that the New York Times had opened their archives back to 1851. There's some fun stuff in there. But in trying to see if a couple of 1924 articles had some material worth quoting, I've hit an odd and annoying wall:
- Articles in the Public Domain (1851-1922) can be accessed for free.
- Articles from the period 1923-1986 remain in our paid Archive and are available for purchase as single articles or as article packs.
- All articles from 1987-Present are free
At $3.95 an article I'm not paying $8 just to see if there's something I can use.
posted by bill at 8:08 AM
4 Comments:
What happened in 1924 that piqued your interest?
Lenin's death?
Paul Whiteman's Aolian Hall Concert. wanted the review and in December there appeared an article/editorial that did not take kindly to this Jazz thing.
Aeolian
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