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Image of The New Citizen, Holiday Number, January 1912
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The New Citizen, Holiday Number, January 1912

Missouri T.B. Hanna (1857-1926) was the first woman publisher in Washington State, and was heralded as “the mother of journalism” in Washington.Hanna, who also went by “Mrs. M.T.B. Hanna,” moved to Spokane Falls in Washington Territory in 1882, and then to the waterfront mill town of Edmonds in 1904. In 1905 Hanna purchased the weekly "Edmonds Review" and published it…
ID Number:1970.4814.22
Date:1912
Image of Denny Building housing The Seattle Daily Times, 1406 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903
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Denny Building housing The Seattle Daily Times, 1406 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903

Founded when Alden J. Blethen (1845-1915) bought the Seattle Press-Times in 1896 and renamed it the Seattle Daily Times, the Seattle Times continues to be Washington State's largest-circulation daily newspaper. The building in this image, the Arthur Wilson Denny Office Building, was built in 1901 on the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Union Street in what is now the…
ID Number:1972.5346.17
Date:Circa 1903
Image of 8th Annual Emmy Awards Banquet program, Seattle, May 16, 1970
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8th Annual Emmy Awards Banquet program, Seattle, May 16, 1970

The Seattle Chapter, now the Northwest Chapter, of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was founded in 1960, recognizing excellence in television broadcasting with an annual regional Emmy award ceremony. This program for the Emmy awards on May 16, 1970 at the Eames Theatre, the Seattle Science Center, lists awards winners for program achievements and individual achievements, along…
ID Number:1981.7191.11
Date:1970
Image of Seattle Times Information Bureau, circa 1927
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Seattle Times Information Bureau, circa 1927

Sometime after the Seattle Times moved to its new building in 1916, the newspaper opened its Information Bureau. Anyone could call the bureau between 7:00 am and 9:00 pm to get answers to all kinds of questions, from ferry times to sports information. The bureau's staff answered callers' questions using maps, city directories, biographical reference books, sports almanacs, and many…
ID Number:1983.10.3864.6
Date:Circa 1927
Image of Seattle Times rural delivery, circa 1927
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Seattle Times rural delivery, circa 1927

This photo shows a newspaper delivery driver on a rural delivery for the Seattle Times. Handwritten on sleeve: Times Rural Delivery.Photographer's Reference Number: 128298
ID Number:1983.10.3866.1
Date:Circa 1927
Image of Seattle Times composing room, circa 1927
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Seattle Times composing room, circa 1927

The Seattle Times' composing room was on an upper floor of the Times Square Building. The text of the articles on each page of the newspaper was set by hand in metal type. Each page was then printed from a separate printing plate. This photo, taken around 1927, shows men setting type and checking page composition in the Seattle Times…
ID Number:1983.10.3874.3
Date:Circa 1927
Image of Seattle Post-Intelligencer's temporary building after Great Fire, 1889
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer's temporary building after Great Fire, 1889

This photo shows the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's temporary building at 4th Avenue and Columbia Street in 1889. Their original building was destroyed in Seattle's Great Fire, and the newspaper used this residence (owned by Post-Intelligencer owner and publisher Leigh Hunt) for a few months until moving into a new office at 2nd Avenue and Cherry Street. Despite the fire, the Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:1983.10.6228
Date:1889
Image of Times Square Building, 1920
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Times Square Building, 1920

The Times Square Building was the headquarters of The Seattle Times. It was also the location for the Webster & Stevens photography studio from 1917 to 1928. The open area in front of the building was named after Times Square in New York City and was a popular gathering place.This photo shows the wide front end of the triangular Times…
ID Number:1983.10.6468.2
Date:1920
Image of Denny Building, Seattle, circa 1911
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Denny Building, Seattle, circa 1911

In 1902, The Seattle Daily Times moved to the Denny Building at the corner of Second Avenue and Union. People walking by on the street could read the posted news bulletins and watch the presses through the basement windows. During elections or baseball games, they could stop by to get the latest results. Signs in image: Merchants Printing Co. [Hamaker?]…
ID Number:1983.10.6653
Date:Circa 1911
Image of Rotary press at Seattle Times, Seattle, circa 1911
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Rotary press at Seattle Times, Seattle, circa 1911

Handwritten on sleeve: Rotary Press Seattle Times.Photographer's Reference Number: 8708.5
ID Number:1983.10.8059
Date:Circa 1911
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