| November 27, 2004 |
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The  Brooklyn Public Library has digitized approximately 147,000 pages of yesterday's papers. And you don't have to be an historian or genealogist to appreciate the charm and value of this collection. On April 6, 1896, war in Cuba vied in the headlines with a dog-bites-boy story. Below the fold, the Daily Eagle reported on exploding manhole covers, collisions of cars with horse-drawn carriages, and excessive beer consumption at Coney Island. A surprising abundance of text ads featured "artistic and substantial" furnishings, theater show times for the play Rip Van Winkle, and deluxe mocha java coffee beans on sale for 33 cents a pound. The nifty site design lets you click on headlines to read original articles and view graphic ads in their entirety, but remember to turn off your pop-up blocker to access the newsprint archive. (in News and Media > Newspapers) |
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