| The Brooklyn Eagle | |
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| Type | Daily |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Founded | October 26, 1841 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | March 16, 1955 |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn |
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| Website: Brooklyn Eagle | |
The Brooklyn Eagle, also called The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, was a daily newspaper published in Brooklyn, New York from October 26, 1841 to March 16, 1955. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) It was the most popular afternoon paper in the United States at one point. Walt Whitman was its editor for two years. Walter Whitman (May 31 1819 &ndash March 26 1892 was an American poet, Essayist journalist, and humanist. During the American Civil War it supported the Democratic Party; as such, its mailing privileges were revoked due to a forged letter supposedly sent by President Lincoln. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The History of the United States Democratic Party is an account of the oldest Political party in the United States and arguably TalkDemocratic The Eagle played an important role in shaping Brooklyn's civic identity, even after the once-independent city became part of the City of Greater New York in 1898. The City of Greater New York, was a term commonly used originally to refer to the expanded city created on January 1, 1898 by the incorporation into the city of Among the Eagle’s editors were Walt Whitman, Thomas Kinsella, St. Walter Whitman (May 31 1819 &ndash March 26 1892 was an American poet, Essayist journalist, and humanist. Clair McKelway, Cleveland Rogers, Frank D. Schroth, and Charles Montgomery Skinner. Charles Montgomery Skinner (15 March 1852 – 1907 was an American writer The original Eagle ceased publication following a prolonged strike by the Newspaper Guild. The Newspaper Guild is a labor union founded by newspaper Journalists in 1933 who noticed that unionized printers and truck drivers were making more money The paper was briefly revived from 1960 to 1963. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The Brooklyn Public Library maintains an online archive of the Eagle through 1902. The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL is the Public library system of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
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Currently, there is a newspaper published weekdays also called The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, which has been published since 1996. Walter Whitman (May 31 1819 &ndash March 26 1892 was an American poet, Essayist journalist, and humanist. Don Carlos Seitz was an American newspaper manager born at Portage Ohio in 1862 Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) It is a merger of The Brooklyn Daily Bulletin, which began publishing when the original Eagle folded in 1955. As an homage to the original Eagle it publishes a daily feature called On This Day in History, made up of much material from the original Eagle. It is currently published by J. Dozier Hasty under the auspices of "Everything Brooklyn Media. " The Eagle editorial staff has grown to include 25 full-time reporters, writers and photographers. Thus, it has seen an increase in original, locally geared news stories and spot news photographs.
Its coverage has grown to include the Bay Ridge section, where a weekly version of the paper, "The Bay Ridge Eagle," is published.
Its mascot is "Eddie the Eagle. "
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