5/30/2023 0 Comments Scrapbooking newspaper clippingsThe Tribune offered a strong moralistic flavor, however, playing down crime reports and scandals, providing political news, special articles, lectures, book reviews, book excerpts and poetry. Penny papers such as the New York Sun and the New York Herald were known for their emphasis on lurid crime reporting and humorous, human interest stories from the police court. “Distinguishing features of the early penny press were their inexpensiveness, their appeal to the average reader, their coverage of more and different types of news, and, in some instances, a marked political independence. In 1924 the Tribune merged with the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, a publication which would remain a major United States daily until its demise. During Greeley’s tenure the Tribune became one of the more significant newspapers in the United States, and Greeley was known as the outstanding newspaper editor of his time. “Horace Greeley founded the New York Tribune as a Whig party, penny paper on April 10, 1841, and would continue as its editor for the next thirty years. The Library of Congress describes the New York Daily Tribune in this way: As a collection of newspaper article clippings from the New York Daily Tribune primarily from the 1850s on the topic of Johnston’s Army and its expedition to Utah it provides insight into the historical record of that time from an East Coast perspective (albeit resting upon accounts from witnesses present with the Army). This is exactly what this scrapbook of clippings is. A collection of related articles on a specific subject presented by a contemporary, primary source is, therefore, a veritable treasure trove. Any historian who has spent hours searching microfiche will tell you that finding and assembling relevant newspaper articles for research can be brutal. I would describe the Scrapbook of Clippings from New York Daily Tribune as an outwardly ugly book containing a beautiful wealth of historical information and research value. Title: Scrapbook of Clippings from New York Daily Tribuneīeauty is in the eye of the beholder. B., jr., handwritten note contained in Scrapbook of Clippings from New York Daily Tribune During that interval I was employed on a journey to the States with despatches from Gen. during my absence from the Camp from Jan 5. Perhaps you have large photos, artwork, newspaper articles or such that need to be saved and stored in an archival album…… here is the page to purchase your own Huge Scrapbook! And if you want it customized, please email us for more information.“The following letters were written to the Tribune from Camp Scott by Mr. So, these oversized albums are more useful that many of us might think. What a nice family reunion day to sit and browse old family photos together! We have even customized several of them for families. One set of grandparents saved all the large photos (8×10 and larger) of the grandchildren in the book because of having no wall to display them all. Sports teams – The big football teams have purchased many of these albums to save articles and whole pages devoted to their games and players.įamilies – You wouldn’t think that a family would have space to display such a huge album, but many of our customers store their family photos in them. Many governors like to have them saved for posterity. Politicians – Lots of space in the newspapers is given to primaries, political rallies, speeches and such. All those special moments are kept safe with our acid free pages. Schools usually place the open albums in a display case open to the newest pages.įire departments – Many fire departments keep an archive of local newspaper articles featuring their work in saving buildings, properties and lives. How nice to be able to keep the newspaper page intact, instead of clipping out little articles that are harder to read and get lost in the shuffle. Schools – All schools have special classes, or teams, or projects that end up in the newspaper. Once those old newspapers are gone, all the historic articles are gone. Museums – These books are archival, so the old historical and very valuable newspapers are safer in our Huge Scrapbooks. This scrapbook will hold a whole newspaper page! Why on earth would people need that large of an album? Here are the most common types of people who purchase these scrapbooks.
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