Pittsburgh courier (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1910 : National ed.) – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Pittsburgh courier (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1910 : National ed.) brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Pittsburgh courier (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1910 : National ed.)
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Jackie Robinson is the figure this illustration points to, and the newspaper that carried his image matters nearly as much as the man. The Pittsburgh Courier was one of the most widely read Black weeklies in the country, and in the 1940s its sports coverage pressed hard for an end to baseball's color line. Its national edition took that campaign to readers well beyond Pittsburgh, and Robinson's entry into the major leagues in 1947 became the milestone the paper had long argued for. This 1972 microfilm copy preserves period illustrations that show how the Courier presented the athletes and stories it championed.
| Created / published | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1940-1950.Microfilms 1970-1980.Newspapers Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1940-1950. |
| Notes | LC Photodupe microfilm negative number: NP 2388. |
| Subjects | Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,282 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-196381 |
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