Philadelphia Press Index

The Philadelphia Press (1857 – 1920) was one of Philadelphia's oldest major newpapers. This index is an electronic version of a paper index kept by the staff of the newspaper from 1898 through 1912. It directs you to citations for specific articles that appeared in the newspaper. The full text of the article is available on microfilm in the Newspapers & Microfilm Center of the Free Library of Philadelphia.

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Beginning Date If left empty = earliest date in database

Beginning Month Month January February March April May June July August September October November December

Beginning Day Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Beginning Year Year 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

End Date If left empty = latest date on file

End Month Month January February March April May June July August September October November December

End Day Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

End Year Year 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

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Currently the online index provides access to the years 1902 through 1912. Additional entries will continue to be made until all years between 1898 and 1912 have been completed.

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This project was supported in part by the institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.