Group of carriers in front of Times Building, Times, Circulation, Cochran. A group of the Tacoma Times carriers that were rewarded with a week's outing at Camp Seymour this summer. This was one of several groups who attended similar outings with all expenses paid by the Times. Besides providing good service, the boys were tops in new subscription orders. Names listed. (T.Times, 8/27/1948, p.2)

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On July 21, 1948, Bill Pettyjohn had just returned to his job as a linotype setter for the Tacoma Times after an extensive vacation up and down the West Coast. Bill and his wife, Gay, traveled on a 21 foot house trailer for over two months. Bill would get occasional short-term jobs, making just enough to get to their next destination. The pair enjoyed weeks of fishing, visiting friends and viewing the scenery. (T. Times, 7/23/48, p. 1).

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news press. A Tacoma Times employee focuses his attention on the first issue ever published of the Tacoma Sunday Times as it rolls off the press on December 5, 1948. The paper cost 10 cents for the Sunday edition, twice the price of the daily version. Pressmen and mailers called it a smooth run and nearly every newstand in the Tacoma area sold out by noon. The newspaper promised to have more copies printed the following Sunday so that all could enjoy reading the new Sunday Times. (T.Times 12-5-1948, p. 1-article; T.Times 12-6-1948, p. 1-article)

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Press at Times Printing Plant to illustrate new Sunday Times, Times, Buzz. One of the printers is seen watching the machinery at work printing the Tacoma Times newspaper and the folded papers can be seen traveling along rollers in the foreground.

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In the early morning hours of December 5, 1948, an unidentified press operator watches as the first ever Sunday issue of the Tacoma Times rolls through the giant 125-ton Goss Octuple press. The Times started as a small publication on December 21, 1903, but it had never published a Sunday edition. Less then four months after this photograph was published, on March 31, 1949, the Times went out of business and Tacoma became a one newspaper town. (T.Times, 12/5/1948, p.1) For Times, Buzz TPL-4544.

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Stacks of Tacoma Times "Special Edition" swamp the mailing room, nearly obscuring newspaper workers with tall stacks of newspapers. On February 27, 1940 the Times heralded their move to new quarters with a daily edition that ran 92 pages in 5 sections. It was the largest edition of the Times published to that date. More than 36 tons of newsprint was used in the publication of the 5,000,000 pages. Each copy of the paper weighed over one pound. The Times received thousands of orders for extra copies, many mailed to other countries, including one to the King of Italy. (T. Times 2/28/1940, pg. 9)

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Stacks of Tacoma Times "Special Edition" swamp the mailing room. Newspaper workers are shown in the room surrounded by tall stacks of newspapers. On February 27, 1940 the Times heralded their move to new quarters with a daily edition that ran 92 pages in 5 sections. It was the largest edition of the Times published to that date. (T. Times 2/28/1940, pg. 9)

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Stacks of Tacoma Times New Home and Industrial Special Edition fill the room from floor to ceiling. On February 27, 1940, the Times trumpeted their move to new quarters with a daily edition that ran 92 pages in 5 sections. It was the largest edition of the Times published to that date. Each paper weighed over one pound. Many thousands of orders for extra copies were received, many of which were mailed to other cities and countries. (T. Times 2/28/1940, pg. 9))

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Mailing Room crew at new Tacoma Times.There are six mailers employed in the new quarters, 919 Market St., of the Tacoma Times. They are the first to get the papers as they come off the presses. They wrap all papers going to carriers with previously prepared wrappers with names and addresses. They also wrap and address papers which are distributed by mail and place them in postal sacks for delivery to the Post Office. The mailers also keep records of all changes of orders for carriers and news stands, as well subscriber's address changes and new subscribers. (T. Times 2/27/1940 Special Edition)

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Frank W. Power, publisher and president of the Tacoma Times Publishing Co., sits at his desk at the new location of the paper, 919 Market St. He is surrounded by flowers from well wishers, congratulating the paper on its move. On the desk in front of Mr. Powers are the front page of the February 25, 1940 Times and one of the special editions from the February 27th paper. The paper on the 27th was 92 pages long, in five sections and weighed over 1 pound.

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New home of Tacoma Times Publishing Company. Two story brick building with diamond design in brick above first floor windows. In mid February of 1940, the Tacoma Times moved from 819 Pacific Ave. to 919 Market St. On February 27, 1940 the Times trumpeted their move to new quarters with a daily edition that ran 92 pages in 5 sections. It was the largest edition of the Times published to that date. (T. Times)

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Mailing room crew at Tacoma Times. One of the duties of the Times mailers is to wrap papers that are sent by mail and distribute them in mailbags to the Post Office. The man on the right is folding one of these mailbags.

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Portrait of Wendell Willkie, 1940 Republican Presidential nominee and titular head of the party, at the office of the Tacoma Times newspaper. Mr. Willkie was in Tacoma to address Pierce County Republican Club's 1944 Lincoln Day dinner at the Masonic Temple. The dinner itself was sold-out but his supporters were able to obtain tickets to listen to him give the main address. Mr. Willkie, an attorney and utilities executive, was originally from Indiana. Although he lost the 1940 election to Franklin D. Roosevelt by a wide margin in electoral votes, the difference in popular votes was quite slim, only five million separating the two. He once again sought the Republican nomination in 1944 but his more liberal views failed to win him the support of his party. He apparently did not endorse the eventual Republican nominee, Thomas Dewey. Wendell Willkie died later in 1944, on October 6, at the age of 52 of heart failure. (T.Times, 2-12-44, p. 1)

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On Friday, February 11, 1944, Sgt. Norma Oaks of the Tacoma Marine Corps recruiting office visited the offices of the News Tribune to file a story about the first anniversary of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve. While at the newspaper's headquarters she was introduced to the man who wanted to be her next "Commander in Chief", Wendell L. Willkie. Mr. Willkie was in town to deliver the keynote address at the Pierce County Republican Club's 1944 Lincoln Day dinner at the Masonic Temple as part of his campaign to be elected President. Sgt. Oaks wanted the newspaper to write a story about the Marine Corps Women's Reserve, and their need for more women between the aged of 20 and 36 to sign up. (T. Times, 2-10-44, p. 1, T. Times, 2-12-44, p. 1)

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Wendell Willkie, 1940 Republican Presidential nominee and titular head of the party, with two men at the Tacoma Times office in February, 1944. Mr. Willkie was in Tacoma to address the Pierce County Republican Club's 1944 Lincoln Day dinner at the Masonic Temple. He is seated closest to the window with a cigarette in his hand. Headlines from the Seattle P-I and Tacoma Times newspapers placed on the table continue to report the latest war news indicating Rome beachheads were in peril due to Nazi attacks. (T.Times, 2-12-44, p. 1) ALBUM 2.

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1940 Republican Presidential candidate Wendell Willkie and publisher Frank W. Power in front of Tacoma Times office while Mr. Willkie was in Tacoma to address the Pierce County Republican Club's Lincoln Day dinner at the Masonic Temple. Mr. Willkie also was able to speak to other Times employees, including longtime editor E.T.Short. (T. Times, 2-12-44, p. 1)

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1940 Republican Presidential candidate Wendell Willkie shakes hands with Tacoma Times publisher Frank W. Power at the Times office. Mr. Willkie was in Tacoma to address the Pierce County Republican Club's Lincoln Day dinner at the Masonic Temple. Mr. Power also took the time to introduce Mr. Willkie to his staff, including longtime editor, E.T. Short. (T. Times, 2-12-44, p. 1)

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In February of 1944, Wendell Willkie (far right) while visiting the Tacoma Times at their plant at 919 Market Street was photographed shaking hands with editor E.T.Short. Standing in the background center was Times publisher Frank W. Power; the other man far left is not identified. Mr. Willkie, the defeated 1940 Republican Presidential candidate, was planning another run at the nomination in 1944 and was in town to address a Lincoln Day gathering at the Masonic Temple. Veteran newsman E.T. Short was known to be critical of Mr. Willkie's political stands. Wendell Willkie did not receive the support he expected in the 1944 Republican race and withdrew early; he died suddenly of heart problems a few months later in October of 1944. (T. Times, 2-12-44, p. 1) ALBUM 2.

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Wendell Willkie meets staff members at the Tacoma Times. Editor E.T. Short is at far left in photo. Mr. Willkie, the 1940 Republican Presidential nominee, was in town for the day to address the Pierce County Republican Club's Lincoln Day Dinner. In addition to the dinner and meeting with local civic leaders, Mr. Willkie also spoke to the American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post #2. (T. Times, 2-10-44, p. 1, T. Times 2-12-44, p. 1)

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1940 Republican Presidential candidate Wendell Willkie and Tacoma Times staff members in front of the Times office while Mr. Willkie was in Tacoma to address Pierce County Republican Club's Lincoln Day dinner at the Masonic Temple. Mr. Willkie, in glasses, is apparently examining a bound volume of the newspaper. It was not his first time in Tacoma as he had made a brief stop in 1940 while campaigning. (T. Times. 2-12-44, p. 1)

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As a promotion for their new four-engine, 44 passenger luxury service to the Twin Cities, Milwaukee, Chicago and New York, Northwest Airlines flew a select group of reporters and dignitaries from Seattle/Tacoma to New York on May 15, 1946. Julia Lee MacDonald, the woman's editor for the Tacoma Times not only joined the group, she also received a special bonus gift - a $300 hat from Lilly Dache's exclusive hat salon. The black French straw, plain except for a wide spreading bow of velvet, drew an exclamation of "C'est la chapeau" from Madame Dache. At $300, the hat was more expensive then the round-trip airplane tickets. (T. Times, 5/13 & 21/46, p. 1). TPL-8623

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Bicycles being awarded to five boys in front of the Times building, Times circulation, Cochran. TPL-9604

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Bill Townes at Tacoma Times, Time Magazine, Seattle, Washington, Sylvia Froula. This shot of Bill Townes, showing him working at a desk with many pigeon holes filled with papers using a typewriter to rewrite his notes, was ordered by Time Magazine. Mr. Townes is wearing eyeglasses. Mr. Townes was not a resident of Tacoma.

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This photograph of journalism students from Stadium High School was taken in February of 1949 in front of the Tacoma Times building at 919 Market Street. The Stadium High students assisted in all the departments to help get out the five daily editions of the Times. Stadium, Lincoln, Clover Park and Ballarmine each had an opportunity to have their journalism students work at the newspaper office during the spring. The students names are listed in the newspaper. (T.Times, 2/2/1949, p.1) TPL-10470

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