Category: Newspapers

Old news is good news for collectors »

By David_Chesanow on Nov 6, 2009 in History, Interview, Newspapers | 1 Comment

Newspapers are what my one of my favorite history professors termed “primary sources”: Like diaries, photographs, documents and other artifacts, they are original historical material as opposed to a second- or third-hand description of events plus any number of add-ons and asides, which is what most history books are. A newspaper – taking into account [...]