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Image of Seattle Times press room, Seattle, circa 1911
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Seattle Times press room, Seattle, circa 1911

Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle Times Press Room.Photographer's Reference Number: 8709
ID Number:1983.10.8060
Date:Circa 1911
Image of Denny Building, early home of The Seattle Times, circa 1913
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Denny Building, early home of The Seattle Times, circa 1913

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.This photo, taken around 1913, shows the The…
ID Number:1983.10.9589
Date:Circa 1913
Image of Times Square Building under construction, August 21, 1916
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Times Square Building under construction, August 21, 1916

Alden Blethen, owner of the Seattle Times, broke ground for the Times Square Building in 1914. Construction began in 1915, right after Blethen's death, and the building was dedicated in his memory. The newspaper's printing presses were moved in September 1916, and the building opened for business.This photo shows the west end of the Times Square Building in August 1916,…
ID Number:1983.10.10327
Date:1916
Image of Times Building, Seattle, 1917
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Times Building, Seattle, 1917

Webster & Stevens number: 55361
ID Number:1983.10.10453
Date:1917
Image of News cameraman covering fire, Seattle, September 23, 1983
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News cameraman covering fire, Seattle, September 23, 1983

In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.010
Date:1983
Image of Seattle Post-Intelligencer newsroom, September 23, 1983
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer newsroom, September 23, 1983

In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.229
Date:1983
Image of Virginia Brookbush filming in Seattle, September 23, 1983
Photograph

Virginia Brookbush filming in Seattle, September 23, 1983

In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.456
Date:1983
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Oral history interview with Henry MacLeod, March 26, 1985

Henry MacLeod was born in 1911 in Tacoma, Washington. He earned a BA degree at University of Washington in 1932. He joined the Seattle Times in 1932 and worked as the city editor during World War II. This interview with MacLeod, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on March 26, 1985, discusses the…
ID Number:1985.134.10
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Lucile McDonald, April 6, 1985

Lucile Saunders McDonald was born in 1898 in Portland, Oregon. She worked as a journalist in Oregon, Argentina, and New York before an eleven-year hiatus while living in Europe. At the start of World War II, she joined the staff of the Seattle Times and stayed there for 23 years. In this interview with Lucile McDonald conducted by Lorraine McConaghy…
ID Number:1985.134.14
Date:1985
Image of Reporter Jack Jarvis measuring distance from parking meter to crosswalk, Seattle, October 1961
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Reporter Jack Jarvis measuring distance from parking meter to crosswalk, Seattle, October 1961

In this image Seattle Post-Intelligencer veteran reporter and editor Jack Jarvis (1913-1972) holds a measuring tape, demonstrating that a parking meter placed at Ninth Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle had been illegally placed too close to the crosswalk. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, April 4, 1972, p. 44
ID Number:1986.5.10122.1
Date:1961
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