--- title: The New Yorker Magazine 90th Anniversary: Most Memorable Covers description: The magazine, known for iconic and controversial covers, celebrates its 90th anniversary this February canonical: https://time.com/3711286/see-best-new-yorker-covers/ author: Daniel D'Addario article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-17T21:35:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:50:43.699Z article:section: History og:title: See the Most Memorable New Yorker Covers Over 90 Years og:description: The magazine, known for iconic and controversial covers, celebrates its 90th anniversary this February og:url: https://time.com/3711286/see-best-new-yorker-covers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a92a750b8df752c/69877f833c163980ec451cc5/new-yorker-covers-01.jpg?branch=production&width=805&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 805 og:image:height: 453 og:image:alt: The New Yorker Most Memorable Covers 90th Anniversary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Most Memorable New Yorker Covers Over 90 Years twitter:description: The magazine, known for iconic and controversial covers, celebrates its 90th anniversary this February twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a92a750b8df752c/69877f833c163980ec451cc5/new-yorker-covers-01.jpg?branch=production&width=805&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Most Memorable _New Yorker_ Covers Over 90 Years > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/) and [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) Feb 17, 2015 9:35 PM UTC  Feb. 21, 1925 Feb. 21, 1925The New Yorker by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/) and [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) Feb 17, 2015 9:35 PM UTC 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.  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