The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 33, July 31, 2005, Article 16

THE WAYBACK MACHINE

Bill Malkmus writes: "The Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Wall Street Journal had a fascinating front-page article on a
website that should be of interest to other folks like me who
have a library of obsolete (non-functional) bookmarks:
Way Back Machine

The Wayback Machine has archived web pages over the last
nine years; while Google has currently 8 billion pages archived,
the Wayback Machine has a total of 40 billion! I tried this out
on my old lists of bookmarks; whenever I got a response that
the web page could not be found, I put the URL into the Wayback
Machine. Sure enough, the pages were not only archived and
retrievable, but a listing was given of the dates on which they
were archived (perhaps 30 or more), and in addition, notation
was made of whenever the web pages had been changed!

This works great when you know the defunct URL; I don't
know if it's possible to do "from-scratch" searches, Google-style,
to find what was ever said on the Internet about your favorite
subject. Maybe someone else can contribute here."

[This service is also very useful for relocating information that
has been moved or dropped from web sites. For example,
the Virtual Museum pages from the old American Numismatic
Association site are still partly available via the Wayback machine.
The last archive of November 30, 2004 can found at this URL:
ANA Archive on Way Back
Clicking on "Virtual museum" takes you to
"Virtual museum"

That's where you can still access pages on a number of
numismatic topics. including:

# Controversial 1818 George Cruikshank Bank Restriction Note
# 18th Century Republic of Vermont Copper Coins
# Selections from the Bebee Collection of Paper Money
# French 1,000-Franc Revenue Note
# A Rare Troop Payment Note from La Louisiane (circa 1763)

Not all pages are archived, however, so some parts of the old
web site may not be accessible until they're fully restored on
the new ANA web site. I especially miss the Cruikshank
note exhibit, which was taken from a book in the ANA library.
-Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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