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mucifer

(23,550 posts) Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:25 PM Nov 2012

Here's every Chicago Trib front page from Abraham Lincoln's 1860 victory to Barack Obama's win in 08

1860: HONEST OLD ABE ELECTED: Abraham Lincoln was victorious, and the Chicago Tribune on Nov. 7 was joyous. The newspaper and its publisher Joseph Medill had strongly supported Lincoln's candidacy. A Page One editorial read in part: "There is hope yet for freedom, for honesty, for purity. Let distrust and apprehension be banished forever. ... It is enough to say that the triumph is a glorious one -- that Abraham Lincoln is President elect of this great Republic. And let all the people say Amen!" In the nine-column broadsheet, opinion was most of column 1, news ran in columns 2-6, and advertisements filled the remaining three columns. Remarkably, the coverage includes tabulated, ward-by-ward results for president, governor and other major races.

More including photos of the various front pages :

http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/newspaper/news/ct-per-flash-tribune-presidential-coverage-1104,0,1541826.photogallery

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Here's every Chicago Trib front page from Abraham Lincoln's 1860 victory to Barack Obama's win in 08 (Original Post) mucifer Nov 2012 OP

kewl! struggle4progress Nov 2012 #1

Wow. Some of those early newspaper front pages were impossible to read - all ads! Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #2

Interesting LTR Nov 2012 #3

Yes, page 26 of the slide show and it says: mucifer Nov 2012 #5

thank you , gives good narrative too, not just front page images lunasun Nov 2012 #4

struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)

1. kewl!

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Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:31 PM

Nov 2012

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

2. Wow. Some of those early newspaper front pages were impossible to read - all ads!

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Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:33 PM

Nov 2012

LTR

(13,227 posts)

3. Interesting

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:39 PM

Nov 2012

Posting here so I can find it later on the PC (I'm on my phone now).

Obviously it includes Dewey Defears Truman, right?

I have a coffee table book of NY Times covers from 20th century elections.

mucifer

(23,550 posts)

5. Yes, page 26 of the slide show and it says:

Reply to LTR (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:42 PM

Nov 2012

1948: DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN: The Tribune’s most infamous headline was printed on at least two editions (out of 11) and 150,000 copies (out of 1.1 million). Besides the gross blunder of misreporting the presidential race, the page also was a typographic mess. Lines and type were askew, and five lines of type in the second paragraph of the lead story were actually printed upside down. While Harry Truman’s victory was a surprise, and the typesetters were on strike, nothing excuses the mistake. For a more detailed explanation of how the error was made, see chicagotribune.com/flashback.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

4. thank you , gives good narrative too, not just front page images

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:41 PM

Nov 2012

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