The Bridgeport History center holds an extensive number of newspapers on microfilm.\u00a0 These papers document the earliest days of Bridgeport, and run up to the present.\u00a0 We also have some additional papers for Connecticut.\u00a0 An asterisk besides a paper\u2019s name indicates the presence of gaps.\u00a0 Please note that the dates for microfilm represent approximate ranges.<\/p>\n
Some titles are partially available on the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America<\/em> site or through other sites<\/strong><\/a> Bridgeport Newspapers Available on Microfilm Connecticut Newspapers Bridgeporti Ujsag;\u00a0 Capitale Tribuna Di Hartford; Connecticut American Gazzetta (Waterbury, Conn.); Italian=American Weekly News; Messaggero Del New England = The New England Messenger; Osterns Harold = The Eastern Herald; Parola Cattolica Programme; Progresso Di Waterbury; San Carlino Sole (Bridgeport, Conn.); Tribuna Di Hartford = The Hartford Tribune; Vittoria (Bridgeport, Conn.); Voce Italiana<\/p>\n National Papers Related Bridgeport Newspapers and Series<\/em><\/p>\n “Farmer” “Leader” Series (1872-1893), includes: “The Post” “The Standard” Please note that dates for microfilm represent approximate ranges. Some gaps in collection exist; not all months are available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bridgeport History center holds an extensive number of newspapers on microfilm.\u00a0 These papers document the earliest days of Bridgeport, and run up to the present.\u00a0 We also have some additional papers for Connecticut.\u00a0 An asterisk besides a paper\u2019s name indicates the presence of gaps.\u00a0 Please note that the dates for microfilm represent approximate ranges. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-13233","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13233"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15093,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13233\/revisions\/15093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nDaily Advertiser and Farmer: 1856-1861
\nEvening Farmer: 1864
\nBridgeport Evening Farmer: 1864-1917
\nMerges “Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer,” Jan. 1918 +
\n“Times” and “Times-Star” series continues until November of 1941<\/p>\n
\nDaily Leader; Leader<\/p>\n
\nDaily Post 1883-1885
\nEvening Post 1885-1893
\n“Bridgeport Telegram,” morning editions 1908 +
\nBridgeport Evening Post 1893-1906
\nBridgeport Post 1906-1992
\nAbsorbs “Telegram” 1988
\nConnecticut Post 1992+<\/p>\n
\nBridgeport Republican 1835-1839
\nRepublican Standard 1839-1913
\nTri-Weekly Standard 1850-1854
\nDaily Standard 1854-1859
\nBridgeport Daily Standard 1860-1861
\nBridgeport Evening Standard 1862-1869
\nBridgeport Daily Standard 1869-1891
\nBridgeport Standard 1891-1917
\nBridgeport Standard American 1917
\nStandard American 1918-1919<\/p>\n