NY Times Historical

[Robin Landseadel]

Yes, Pynchon & Company was the second largest financial institution to  
fall in the wake of the Stock Market crash of 1929.  George M. Pynchon— 
distant relative of the author—ran the company, but he appeared in the  
paper more often in the sports section as a yachtsman.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F01E1DA1731EF33A25751C2A9619C946095D6CF

On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:23 PM, rich wrote:

> howdy--
>
> is there anything that appeared in the NYT related to Pynchon over the
> years that would be of interest to find?
>
> I just got access to the the Historical NYT going back to mid 19th  
> century
>
> some of the ads are pretty neat
>
> rich