Sad news, @NYTArchives on Twitter is retiring after eight years. I've been lucky enough to post on this scrappy little account hundreds of times and met lots of passionate folks interested in our archives. Here's my favorite tweets! 🧵 
@NYTArchives Obama was in office when we started, being such a popular fellow, I wanted to find the first NYT photo we had. Our "morgue" only contained three photos, all by @jimborgue, which led me to the first Obama profile ever in NYT. I think it did pretty well?
https://twitter.com/nytarchives/status/563696165275705344
@NYTArchives During the earth-shattering "Peas in Guacamole" recipe meltdown of 2015, I could not help but find our first guacamole recipe in NYT (which we called "Mashed Avocado" in 1953).
https://twitter.com/NYTArchives/status/616611089829228544
When "The Force Awakens" premiered, I wanted to find our first Star Wars feature and tracked it down in 1976. To my dismay, we called Stormtroopers "robots" in the photo caption, which is wonderful! #MayThe4th
https://twitter.com/nytarchives/status/677127817080004608
Instagram launched a few years after. I was lucky enough to write posts there too and pitched almost exclusively cat and dog content until everyone got sick of it! I'd say follow this account but you probably already are! bit.ly/3yc9Fv0
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