The Herald (New Orleans, La.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
627 issues from 1911 to 1922, published in New Orleans, Louisiana, digitised for Chronicling America.
Established in 1905, the Herald succeeded the Algiers Herald, founded in 1893 by Harry L. Sease (1857-1904), a former steamboat clerk and railroad telegrapher. Upon Sease’s death, ownership of the paper passed to his son-in-law and fellow native of New Albany, Indiana, Charles Victor Kraft (1871-1949).
Published on Thursdays in eight to fourteen pages, the Herald served Algiers, a neighborhood of New Orleans located on west bank of the Mississippi River opposite the French Quarter and central business district. In the late nineteenth century, Algiers became known for its railroad yards and shipbuilding facilities. Since 1901, it has been the site of a U.S. Naval base.
Stating in its masthead that it was “Devoted to the Upbuilding of the West Side of the River,” the Herald frequently reported on civic improvements. In the 1910s, charters of Algiers businesses were printed in each issue, often taking up two or more full pages. By the 1920s, a page entitled “Of Interest to Labor” had appeared. In addition to society news and news of clubs and churches, the paper reported at length on the local entertainment scene. Particular attention was given to the New Orleans theater, with most issues devoting an entire page to the programs of the Tulane, Crescent, and Orpheum theaters. Around 1920, reporting was expanded to include silent movies. Kraft held a medical degree from the Kentucky School of Medicine in Louisville and occasionally offered advice on medical and sanitary issues,…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- New Orleans, Louisiana, 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