Original 1835 NEW YORK SUN newspaper - 1st penny paper - BENJAMIN DAY printer

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Original 1835
NEW YORK SUN
newspaper - the very first "penny paper" - BENJAMIN DAY printer
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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER,
The Sun
(New York, NY) dated in 1835. The
Sun was the first American "penny newspaper" that was designed from its inception to be read by the masses
, not just the political, intellectual, and economic elite. For this reason it stressed crime, sensationalism, shocking stories, and everthing that would attract the mass audience in its day. It was also priced cheaply so as to attract buyers from the lower economic ladder !!
Penny press
newspapers
were cheap,
tabloid
-style papers produced in the United States during the mid-19th century. Mass production of inexpensive newspapers became possible following the shift from handcrafted to steam-powered printing. Famous for costing one cent compared to other papers which cost around 6 cents, penny press papers were revolutionary by making the news accessible to working and middle class citizens for a reasonable price.
The Sun
was a New York newspaper that was published from 1833 until 1950. It was considered a serious paper, like the city's two more successful
broadsheets
,
The New York Times
and the
New York Herald Tribune
.
The Sun
was the most politically conservative of the three.
In New York,
The Sun
began publication September 3, 1833, as a morning
newspaper
edited by
Benjamin Day
with the slogan "It Shines for All".
Benjamin Day (publisher)
was the leader in true transformation of the daily newspaper. The newspaper went from narrowly focused on the wealthy and sparsely distributed to a broad-based medium of the news. These changes were mostly seen in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and other East Coast cities. Later that year, he introduced
The Sun
. The
Sun
appealed to a wider audience, using a simpler, more direct style, vivid language, and
human interest stories
. Day was a New Englander who worked for the Springfield, Massachusetts paper, the
Republican
. He came to New York to be a compositor, but in the depression of 1833, he started
The Sun
in desperation. Day reasoned that a penny paper would be popular in hard times as many could not afford a 6-cent paper. He also believed that a substantial untapped market existed in the immigrant community. The paper was an instant success. The paper's motto, printed at the top of every page, was "The object of this paper is to lay before the public, at a price within the means of every one, all the news of the day, and at the same time offer an advantageous medium for advertisements."  Day made advances in the written news by introducing a new meaning of sensationalism, which was defined as reliance on human-interest stories. He placed emphasis on the common person as he or she was reflected in the political, educational, and social life of the day. Day also introduced a new way of selling papers. Day put into practice the London Plan. This plan included newsboys hawking their newspapers on the streets.
The success of the penny papers was not automatic; selling the new concept of the newspaper to the consuming audience took some persuading. Consumers did not want to buy a new newspaper day after day, which became a challenge. Mostly newspapers at the time did not have any sort of timeliness, so buying a newspaper daily had no point. But, eventually people were concerned with the latest news as penny papers had the latest news.
This newspaper contains National and International news as well as
LOCAL  NY, NY news and ads
from 177 y years ago.
I have 50 issues of The Sun (NY) with different dates from 1835 and the buyer will receive an issue
selected at random
from my inventory of this 1835 newspaper. The photos above show the condition and display, not the exact date or content a buyer willl receive.
Good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package.
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