Nogales International (Nogales, Ariz.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,722 issues from 1926 to 1954, published in Nogales, Arizona, digitised for Chronicling America.
In October 1882, a silver spike was placed to mark what was called the “wedding of the rails,” that connected the U.S. and Mexico at the sister cities of Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Arizona, or Ambos Nogales (Alma Ready, Nogales, Arizona, 1880-1980 Centennial Anniversary). Multiple newspapers appeared from 1885 onward, from early titles like the The Oasis to the Nogales Morning Democrat. On May 25, 1925, the International, printed in the former home of the Oasis and the Democrat, was started by Publisher and Editor Craig Pottinger. He described it as “The People’s Paper” in the first issue. The front page announced “A New Newspaper and a New Boy,” as Pottinger’s son “made his debut into this vale of printer’s ink at the exact time The International went to press.” Years later, Pottinger recounted in an interview in the Arizona Republic: “‘That was a pretty hectic night’…’Craig was born just before daylight, but somehow we managed to get the paper out before breakfast.'” Pottinger had extensive experience in the newspaper business, founding the Northern Arizona Leader, running the short-lived Phoenix Evening News, and serving as editor of the Nogales Herald and the Nogales Democrat.
The Nogales International, its new title starting in July 1926, ran different slogans and sidebars, from “Nogales: Where Summer Spends the Winter,” to “Published at Nogales Where Two Great Nations Meet” and “Nogales: In the Cow Country Down Mexico Way.” It was Democratic newspaper, and the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Nogales, Arizona, 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