Philadelphia Press

"The Philadelphia Press" ("The Press") was published from August 1, 1857 to October 1, 1920.

It was founded by John W. Forney. Charles Emory Smith was editor and owned a stake in the paper from 1880 to his death in 1908. In 1920, it was purchased by Cyrus Curtis, who merged the "Press" into the "Public Ledger". cite news | last = Anonymous| title = Again, Curtis-Martin | work = Time Magazine | date = 17 March 1930 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,738833-1,00.html| accessdate = 2008-04-12]

Notable contributors

*John Russell Young (chief Civil War correspondent)
*Thomas Morris Chester (African-American Civil War correspondent)
*William Glackens, George Luks, Everett Shinn, and John French Sloan (the "Philadelphia Four", illustrators)

ee also

*List of defunct newspapers of the United States

References