Vistarama
...in United States history. The purpose was to acquaint the public with the world wide work of the Catholic Church and promote the various apostolic services. Hosted in Convention Hall, over 400 exhibits from 170 mission societies would be on display for the public over the course of a week.
Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...1884. This 1883 issue included Part II of Verne's "The American Robinson Crusoe" PAHRC has the most complete run of Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly. The paper has also been digitized as part the Digital Library @ Villanova University. To view the digitized issues click here. References: McKivigan, John. Forgotten
Last Days of the Union
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Catholic Newspapers in Philadelphia
...well as October 1944 and March 1968 can be found for free at the Catholic News Archive. The first ostensibly Catholic newspaper in Philadelphia was The Catholic Herald and Advocate which was first published on November 3, 1822 and may have run for only three issues. It was published by