The "Daily Graphic" of New York Publishes the First Halftone of a News Photograph in a U.S. Newspaper

3/4/1873 to 9/23/1889

A Scene in Shantytown, New York, March 4, 1880, the first photo printed using a halftone screen published in a U.S. newspaper.

On March 4, 1873 William Augustus Leggo and George-Édouard Desbarats The Daily Graphic in New York. This tabloid, which was probably the first illustrated daily newspaper, remained in operation until September 23, 1889.

On March 4, 1880 the Daily Graphic published the first halftone rather than engraved reproduction of a news photograph in a U.S. newspaper.

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