Sunday Magazine of the Philadelphia Press – 2/9/1908

Description

Classic publications from the 19
th
and 20th centuries.
This is the Sunday Magazine of the Philadelphia Press from February 9, 1908. The illustration on the front cover is of a young sailor writing with a beautifully colored parrot on his shoulder. The publication includes numerous short articles and stories, features, black & white illustrations and vintage advertisements. The back page has color advertisements.
It contains 20 pages and measures approximately 10.25 x 14.5 inches.
The cover would look great matted and framed!
The Philadelphia Press (1857-1920) was one of Philadelphia's oldest major newspapers.
The paper was founded by John Weiss Forney. Charles Emory Smith was editor and owned a stake in the paper from 1880 until his death in 1908. In 1920, it was purchased by Cyrus H. K. Curtis, who merged the Press into the Public Ledger.