NY Times now available online back to 1851
The New York Times announced Thursday that it has completed the digital archiving of issues going back to Sept. 18, 1851. The 155-year collection can be accessed through TimesSelect, a free service for regular subscribers and available to others for $49.95 annually.
Articles printed prior to 1981 are rendered in PDF (Portable Document Format), the popular Adobe electronic document format. Pieces which ran in the Times since 1981 are displayed in HTML.