Historic Times Obama front-page, posters, printing plates on sale online now
Good news this morning for far-away Ticket readers who want a copy of the newspaper's historic front page from the post-election Barack Obama victory edition of Nov. 5. (Click on the headline above or the "Read more" line below to see the now-famous page.)
Perhaps you folks were slightly reluctant to fly cross-country to wait in the long lines at the newspaper's downtown headquarters.
Even on Sunday, five days after the election, lines stretched two blocks around the
Times building (See video). And sales of the extra copies hovered around the half-million mark with some 20,000 printing plates already on advance order.
Well, now the newspaper has established an online link for anyone with a U.S. shipping address to purchase unlimited quantities of that edition ($2), plus mini-posters ($10) and actual printing plates of that day's front page ($20).
Also, they'll soon be offering oversized 4 x 7-inch refrigerator magnets of the front page for $5. (All prices plus shipping.)
The same items for the same new prices will continue to be available at The Times' Spring Street headquarters downtown, but to avoid lines, online purchases are recommended.
O.K., the waiting is over. Here's the front-page order form right here.
--Andrew Malcolm
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Copy of historic front page from Los Angeles Times edition,
November 5, 2008:
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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Thanks for making extra copies of the paper, as well as the plates, available. I can't imagine a single family, especially with children, wouldn't want to have a copy of this edition of the paper (sealed for posterity) to show their grandkids (and beyond) to mark this historic part of our nation's history. A framed and matted printing plate to hang up also looks great. Purchased 10 plates and double that number of papers for friends and family, and everyone is clamoring for more. Will make a great gift too. Good job, LA Times.
Posted by: RC | November 14, 2008 at 01:49 AM