Historical newspapers online

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>    The attached is from ProQuest.  The good news is that the WASHINGTON POST
> is now available, and the LOS ANGELES TIMES and CHICAGO TRIBUNE will soon be
> available.  So we'll check on "Caesar Salad" and "Chicago deep-dish pizza"
> and "Windy City" by next year, although the Tribune will still get it wrong.
>    The bad news is that the NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE and the SAN FRANCISCO
> CHRONICLE won't be available by next year.  The T-P would have helped my
> research into New Orleans foods enormously.  The CHRONICLE would have had
> "cioppino" and "hoodlum" and "jazz."  Oh well, there's also the CHRISTIAN
> SCIENCE MONITOR.

Actually, the bad news is that the pricing of ProQuest Historical
Newspapers is quite high and the libraries that Barry and I frequent may
not subscribe to anything other than the New York Times.

Fred Shapiro


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