The Times’ 1942 Pulitzer Prize

July 7, 1942: Prize Emblem Sent ‘Times’

From the art­icle:

“From the trust­ees of Columbia Uni­versity in New York City The Times yes­ter­day re­ceived its dip­loma em­blem­at­ic of its Pulitzer Prize in journ­al­ism ‘for the most dis­in­ter­ested and mer­it­ori­ous pub­lic ser­vice rendered by an Amer­ic­an news­pa­per dur­ing the year 1941.’

“In peace­time the win­ner is presen­ted a gold medal, but be­cause of the war this cus­tom was dropped. Un­til vic­tory, at least, the hon­or must be in­dic­ated in parch­ment.”

Sources: Los Angeles Times archive