'''The Philadelphia Press''' (''The Press'') was published from
August 1,
1857 to
October 1,
1920.
It was founded by
John W. Forney.
Charles Emory Smith was editor and owned a stake in the paper from
1880 to his death in
1908. In
1920, it was purchased by
Cyrus Curtis, who owned several other newspapers in
Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Notable contributors
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John Russell Young (chief
Civil War correspondent)
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Thomas Morris Chester (African-American Civil War correspondent)
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William Glackens,
George Luks,
Everett Shinn, and
John French Sloan (the "Philadelphia Four", illustrators)
See also
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List of defunct newspapers of the United States