The Paper

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!

Timehop but for newspapers 😮 cc @jwegener

Nice Idea. Where do you get he data?

I'm in, or whatever the cool phrase was in the early 1900s. Even with all the advanced email and web design over the years I still find simple text/typeface combined with a powerful image to be soothing way to digest a topic.

Brilliant idea! Should be must-have tool for history classes and other teaching environments.

Oh wow, I love this idea. Signing-up immediately.

Excellent! Is this automated or manually curated?