Town Crier
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s early arts, music and culture scene are chronicled in this weekly publication. Our digital collection includes issues published from 1912 to 1938.
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The Town Crier, v.7, no.40, Oct. 5, 1912
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_40
Date: 1912-10-05
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The Town Crier, v.7, no.44, Nov. 2, 1912
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_44
Date: 1912-11-02
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Workers removing top ring base of Space Needle derrick, ca. December 21, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76200007
Date: 1961-12-21
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The Town Crier, v.10, no.3, Jan. 16, 1915
Page 4 article "Running Wild" discusses the need to regulate the city's jitney buses.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1915_10_03
Date: 1915-01-16
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The Town Crier, v.15, no.46, Nov. 13, 1920
Page 3 features portrait of John Spargur, head of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1920_15_46
Date: 1920-11-13
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The Town Crier, v.7, no.30, Jul. 27, 1912
Page 4 article features photo of the Denny-Renton Clay & Coal Company's parade float at the Potlatch festival.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_30
Date: 1912-07-27
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The Town Crier, v.7, no.35, Aug. 31, 1912
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_35
Date: 1912-08-31
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Gold nugget from near Anvil Creek, Alaska, ca. 1899
Gold was first discovered at Anvil Creek in 1898 leading to a large rush in prospectors who traveled through nearby Nome, Alaska to reach the gold fields. The value for the gold, provided at $320 in 1899?would be worth $9,891.89 in 2019 dollars.
Identifier: spl_ap_00168
Date: 1899
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The Town Crier, v.15, no.20, May 15, 1920
Page 1 features interior photo of the J.S. Graham Store at 2nd Ave. and Pine St.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1920_15_20
Date: 1920-05-15
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Gourmet's Notebook, v.10, no.2, Feb. 1982
Boar's Nest Bar-B-Que Pit, pg. 10; Finkelstein, Jones and Co., pg. 15; La Brasserie, pg. 14; Lakeside, pg. 11; Market Square Cantina, pg. 13; Place Pigalle, pg. 12; Pony Espresso Ristorante, pg. 9
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1982_10_02
Date: 1982-02