07 March 2008

From "Fatty" to York to Wrigley: The Chicago Daily News in the Depression Era

The Depression has always fascinated me from a historical point, because it seems to be a changing point in American history, almost a break with the past eras such as the Gilded Age or the Civil War. I was thinking about this when I stumbled across the Chicago Daily News section of the American Memory Project



(1)

There are some great resources here, including famous personalities. For example, here we have:









and many others!


I found out more about the paper as well, including the fact that it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize an astounding 13 times! An afternoon paper (I miss those), the Chicago Daily News was geared for the masses. This in contrast with the morning paper, the Chicago Tribune, which aimed for a higher class of readership and was the morning paper. Take a few minutes and explore some of the photographs. They are really neat and paint a picture, so to speak, of an America that no longer exists, for good or bad....you choose.

PS: Great photographs of Wrigley Field, just in case you are interested!!!

Have a great day, good weekend...and I've got to go shovel some snow now!


See you tomorrow!



Links:
Chicago Daily News (Wikipedia)
Chicago Daily News (LOC-American Memory Project)

Sources:
(1) DN-0009593, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. (LOC)
(2)DN-0090082, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. (LOC)
(3)DN-0072778, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. (LOC)

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