50 Years Ago On My Birthday

My birthday is February 16, 1987. 50 years ago on my birthday, the prestigious New York Times (NYT) still printed a daily paper. When comparing it to today's NYT, the two have some likeness but also some big differences in terms of content and layout. They are alike in that they the general layout is relatively the same, The sections that were in the 1937 edition of the NYT are still there in the 2005 edition. They still have advertisements in the paper, and they both have pictures. They differ in price, number of columns, and a few other ways. So while the New York Times has stayed mostly the same, there have been some changes that have occurred.

Both the old and new New York Times have some things in common even though over 50 years have passed. In the 1937 edition of the New York Times, the first thing you see when you pick up the paper is the title of the paper and the quote "All the News That's Fit to Print." The header also includes what the weather will be like for today. The Header has remained unchanged even in 2005. The font used in the 1937 edition is still used in the 2005 edition of the NYT. Both the 1937 and 2005 NYT use subheadings above their headlines. Coincidentally, both of the New York Times are talking about the same thing: War. The 1937 NYT has a sport section. The 2005 edition does also. In 1937, one of the headlines reads "Yankees' holdouts get another shock." This article talks about how the manger of the Yankees is refusing to bend to the holdout's who want more for signing with them. An article from today reads "Yanks' Schism Is Exposed As Stottlemyre Departs." This one talks about how Steinbrenner hasn't endorsed Joe Torre and that Mel Stottlemyre is not coming back for another season. So the Yankees are having some of the same problems 68 years later. Both sport sections are the same in that they both have no discernible order in terms of what sport is discussed. Both New York Times talk about local issues to concern New York City-dwellers. The 1937 NYT has advertisements for everything you can want. The 2005 NYT has basically the same ads for anything.

While they are similar, there are some ways in which the paper differs from one another. The price differs greatly. In the 1937 edition of the New York Times, the price read as such; "$.2 in the city, $.3 within 200 miles of the city and $.4 elsewhere except the 7th and 8th postal districts." The 2005 edition of the New York Times costs $1 everywhere. One big difference that you'll notice is that the front page of the 1937 NYT contains no pictures or advertisements. The