German American journalism
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German American journalism includes newspapers, magazines, and the newer media, with coverage of the reporters, editors, commentators, producers and other key personnel. The German Americans were thor
Front page of Sower's almanac (1739 ed.)
Building of Der Deutsche Correspondent in Baltimore
The New Yorker Staats-Zeitung building as it stood following its 1873 expansion
German newspapers in North America, 1922
Anzeiger des Westens
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The Anzeiger des Westens, which operated from 1835 to 1912, was the first German-language newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Alongside the Westliche Post and the Illinois Staats-Zeitung,
German American journalism
…late 19th century, Germania published over 800 regular publications. The most prestigious daily newspapers, such as the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, the Anzeiger des Westens in St. Louis, and the Illinois Staats-Zeitung in Chicago, promoted middle-class values and encouraged German ethnic loyalty among their readership. The…
Anzeiger des Westens building, in a woodcut from 1887
Henry Boernstein, one of several editors and proprietors, starting in 1850
Carl Daenzer, Editor of the Anzeiger des Westens. Carte de visite by Cramer, Gross and Co., c. 1879 Missouri History Museum Photograph and Print Collection.
A Soulard neighborhood brick house