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‘TimesMachine can take you back to any issue of the NYT from 1851 to1922. Choose a date in history and flip electronically through the pages, displayed with their original look and feel.’ Really nicely executed. Though a search function would be nice.

‘a social occasion where tenants hire a musician or band to play and pass the hat to raise money to pay their rent. The rent party played a major role in the development of jazz and blues music.’ For the post and the film of Fats Waller camping it up.

via Coudal, maybe?