Albuquerque Daily Citizen (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,703 issues from 1898 to 1903, published in Albuquerque, New Mexico, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Albuquerque Weekly Citizen served Albuquerque in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Albuquerque grew quickly between 1879 and 1900 as it became a hub for railway construction throughout the territory with a plethora of railway crews, shops, and retail merchants. Between 1901 and 1912 railroads accessed much of New Mexico’s territory, and established communities, especially Albuquerque, expanded as distribution hubs for smaller growing towns. New Mexico’s most populous town since 1900, Albuquerque continuously drew many journalists eager for their share of the profits.
Although more newspapers were published in Las Vegas than in Albuquerque, the competition in both towns was similarly fierce. At least two dailies, and often more, vied for profits in Albuquerque between 1882 and 1900. Many editors fared poorly and were often left bankrupt during their aggressive struggles to dominate the newspaper market. The Albuquerque Weekly Citizen commenced publication on January 10, 1891, with Thomas Hughes serving as editor and continued through 1909 when a merger created the Tribune-citizen. The inaugural issue declared the Citizen the “Official paper of Bernalillo and Valencia Counties.” A daily subscription cost $8.00 a year, $6.00 for six months, $2.00 for three months, and $1.00 for one month; the annual cost of the weekly edition was $2.00. Title variances included theAlbuquerque Weekly Citizen (1891-1909), the Albuquerque Daily Citizen (1895-1903), the Albuquerque Citizen…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress