--- description: The magazine, known for iconic and controversial covers, celebrates its 90th anniversary this February title: See the Most Memorable New Yorker Covers Over 90 Years image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a92a750b8df752c/69877f833c163980ec451cc5/new-yorker-covers-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&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 # See the Most Memorable _New Yorker_ Covers Over 90 Years by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/) and [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) Feb 17, 2015 9:35 PM CUT  Feb. 21, 1925 Feb. 21, 1925The New Yorker by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/) and [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) Feb 17, 2015 9:35 PM CUT There are few magazine-world traditions as instantly recognizable as the cover of the _New Yorker_, a space that’s only grown in prestige the further it moves from the actual contents of the magazine. Most magazines use their covers to advertise a particular story within the issue, but the _New Yorker—_which is celebrating its 90th anniversary this week with nine different covers—uses its often-jokey covers to promote a general sensibility: Tuned-in but as often as not divorced from the news cycle, witty in an often absurd way, self-consciously erudite. From the magazine’s first cover, which featured the foppish mascot Eustace B. Tilley, through editor Tina Brown’s announcing her buzzy presence with a cover depicting a Hasidic man kissing a black woman amidst racial tensions in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights, on to the recent era of sharply critical engagement with stereotypes around the Obamas and the misdeeds of Anthony Weiner and Chris Christie, the magazine’s cover has crystallized both the news and something more ineffable: The culture. Here are some of the most memorable moments of artistic greatness from the _New Yorker_‘s history.  Feb. 21, 1925 The New Yorker  March 29, 1976 The New Yorker  Feb. 15, 1993 The New Yorker  April 17, 1995 The New Yorker  June 17, 1996 The New Yorker/AP  Sept. 24, 2001 The New Yorker  July 21, 2008 The New Yorker/AP  Nov. 2, 2009 The New Yorker  July 5, 2010 The New Yorker  Oct. 18, 2010 The New Yorker  Oct. 17, 2011 The New Yorker  July 8 & 15, 2013 The New Yorker  Aug 5, 2013 The New Yorker  Jan. 20, 2014 The New Yorker  Dec. 8, 2014 The New Yorker The New Yorker Magazine 90th Anniversary: Most Memorable Covers ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3711286/see-best-new-yorker-covers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3711286/see-best-new-yorker-covers/"},"headline":"See the Most Memorable New Yorker Covers Over 90 Years","datePublished":"2015-02-17T21:35:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:50:43.699Z","description":"The magazine, known for iconic and controversial covers, celebrates its 90th anniversary this February","url":"https://time.com/3711286/see-best-new-yorker-covers/","keywords":["Media","New York","Pop Culture","NYC","photography","Magazine"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a92a750b8df752c/69877f833c163980ec451cc5/new-yorker-covers-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a92a750b8df752c/69877f833c163980ec451cc5/new-yorker-covers-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The New Yorker Most Memorable Covers 90th Anniversary","caption":"The New Yorker Most Memorable Covers 90th Anniversary","creditText":"The New Yorker","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/3711286/see-best-new-yorker-covers/","name":"See the Most Memorable New Yorker Covers Over 90 Years"}}]}] ```