--- description: On Mar. 3, you can flip through its 92-year-old pages title: The First Issue of TIME Magazine: Read It Here image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde9a70679ce3751c/698780d10b72e3298a6ddd9c/1101230303_400.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [History](/section/history/) ## History Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Media](/tag/media/) ## Media Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read the First-Ever Issue of TIME by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:42 PM CUTPublished: Mar 3, 2015 6:00 AM CUT  The first cover of TIME, from Mar. 3, 1923 The first cover of TIME, from Mar. 3, 1923TIME by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:42 PM CUTPublished: Mar 3, 2015 6:00 AM CUT [Click here to read the full issue.](http://time.com/vault/issue/1923-03-03/page/1/ "undefined") The first issue of TIME, dated Mar. 3, 1923, lacked the distinctive red border for which the magazine has come to be known. The cover subject was the now-obscure Joseph G. Cannon (the former House Speaker). The whole thing was only 32 pages, including the front and back covers. There are only a few photographs or illustrations, and nary a chart or graphic in sight. And yet it’s recognizable as what it still is today: a look at the week’s news, from a serious look at national affairs to pages of arts reviews to a tongue-in-cheek wrap-up of weird local tidbits. The magazine contains word of the first helicopter, a possible change in divorce laws, the release of the film _Adam’s Rib_, a new one-cent cigarette tax in Indiana and the latest figures in German reparation payments—not to mention a critical trashing of _The Waste Land._ TIME subscribers can access that issue in the TIME Vault, complete with the original layouts, art and advertisements. **_To access the issue, simply click_** [**_here_**](http://time.com/vault/issue/1923-03-03/page/1/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3721195/first-ever-issue-vault/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3721195/first-ever-issue-vault/"},"headline":"Read the First-Ever Issue of TIME","datePublished":"2015-03-03T06:00:47.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T16:42:25.000Z","description":"On Mar. 3, you can flip through its 92-year-old pages","url":"https://time.com/3721195/first-ever-issue-vault/","keywords":["Media"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde9a70679ce3751c/698780d10b72e3298a6ddd9c/1101230303_400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde9a70679ce3751c/698780d10b72e3298a6ddd9c/1101230303_400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"First cover of TIME","caption":"First cover of TIME","creditText":"TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/media/","name":"Media"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3721195/first-ever-issue-vault/","name":"Read the First-Ever Issue of TIME"}}]}] ```