Philadelphia Bulletin
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The Philadelphia Bulletin was a daily evening newspaper published from 1847 to 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the largest circulation newspaper in Philadelphia for 76 years and was once th
The Philadelphia Bulletin Building at 1315-1325 Filbert Street in Center City Philadelphia in 1909
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin newspaper vending machine, with last issue, from Temple University archives
Muckraker
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Muckrakers were reform-minded journalists, writers, and photographers in the Progressive Era in the United States who claimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions, often thr
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…it." As Time magazine later noted: "In its news columns, the Bulletin was solid if unspectacular. Local affairs were covered extensively, but politely. Muckraking was frowned upon." The Bulletin was first published by Alexander Cummings on April 17, 1847, as Cummings’ Evening Telegraphic Bulletin…
McClure's (cover, January 1901) published many early muckraker articles.
Julius Chambers
Nellie Bly
Theodore Roosevelt