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Posted By: davidcycleback

Frank is right. Real old newspapers (like early 1800s) were made out of differernt paper that doesn't brown and deteriorate. Counterintuitively, a 1750 newspaper can be in much better shape, including much whiter, than a 1950 one. Though, I'm guessing your sports page isn't from 1750.

20th century newspapers are brittle and brown and deteriorate. There may be ways to help preserve them for show, but modern newspapers were born to go bad. Most 1800s Harper's baseball woodcuts are relatively stable.

One thing you can do is to make digital copies and print them out. Many home come computer printers print larger sizes. I did this with an 1870s woodcut of Cap Anson, so I could display it without worrying about
sunlight damage. It's still on the wall looking nice.