philip morris historic photo PPH 53255

1948: City Editor Ernest Chard and "Johnny Morris" in the newsroom. "Johnny Morris" was a figure in the "Call for Philip Morris" advertising campaign. It is unclear whether he was actually delivering cigarettes. Smoking was allowed in the newsroom and fires in waste baskets were common. Chard worked for the Press Herald from 1937 to 1977, beginning as a police reporter then night city editor, day city editor and finally executive editor.

53255 PH 4 Aug 1948 : Johnny Morris Jr., of Philip Morris, in bellhop’s outfit, visiting Press Herald office. Typewriter in foreground.

My dad was Ernest W. Chard. He worked for the Press Herald from 1937 to 1977, the last 18 as the Executive Editor. After spending a year or two at the KJ, he came to Portland and started out as a police reporter then night city editor, day city editor and finally executive editor Press Herald photo courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives

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