Last running of old press at Tacoma Times on September 14, 1939. Six pressmen and man wearing suit and tie pose casually in front of press. They are, bottom row, left to right, Press Room foreman Les R. Mason, Pressmen Glenn Brown, Henry Hupe, Elmo Brown and Bert (Pop) Taylor. Sitting on the upper press roadway are Walter Blauvelt (rear) and Arthur T. Dellplain.
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Last running of old press at Tacoma Times on September 14, 1939. Bert "Pop" Taylor, dressed in dirty overalls, poses in front of press as paper runs through it; a roll of blank paper below and printed paper above.
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Moving day at the Tacoma Times. Eight men posing candidly, some elated, some sorrowful, in stripped news room where papers and furniture are in disarray. Immediately after the final edition on Saturday afternoon, February 10, 1940, was published, the Times began its move to its new home at 919 Market Street. The three story structure had formerly been the telephone building. The Times had been publishing its paper at 819 Pacific Avenue since 1917, but had outgrown the facility. Over the weekend, several tons of heavy machinery, equipment and furniture were moved to its new home. For Mr. Voorhees. (T.Times)
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Unidentified woman sitting on top of switch board cabinet and talking into phone on February 10, 1940. All of the office equipment and furniture is being moved to the Tacoma Times newspaper's new location at 919 Market Street. For Mr. Voorhees.
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The mailing room of the Tacoma Times on September 14, 1939, the date of the last running of the old press in the building at 9th & Pacific Ave. The paper would be moving to a new location, 919 Market St. Pictured are Mailroom Foreman William Bowers, left seated; directly behind him is Fred Bowers. To the right of the foreman are mailers William Blauvelt and Charles Cassidy. The mailroom is the first department to receive the paper "hot off the presses." They prepare it for distribution. (T. Times 2/27/1940, pg. 7)
A group of Tacoma Times employees in the mailing department lounge on the stacks of the last issue of the Tacoma Times to run on the old press, September 14, 1939. They are, second from left, Foreman William Bowers and, at the far right, Fred Bowers. The other two mailers are William Blauvelt and Charles Cassidy (order unknown). The mailers are the first to get newspapers as they come off the press. They cover them with prepared wrappers marked with subscribers names and addresses or address and wrap those papers to be mailed and distribute them in postal sacks. In addition, they keep current records of all subscribers and their addresses. (T. Times 2/27/1940, pg. 7)
Employees of the Tacoma Times mailroom pose surrounded by the last issue of the Tacoma Times to run on the old press, September 14, 1939. They are, second from left, Foreman William Bowers and, at the far right, Fred Bowers. The other two mailers are William Blauvelt and Charles Cassidy (order unknown.) (T. Times 2/27/1940, pg. 7)
It's Moving Day at the Tacoma Times. One employee lifts a glass to a successful move to the paper's new home at 919 Market Street. He is surrounded by other employees, one ready to swing a hatchet, perhaps ready to demolish the paper's old location at 819 Pacific Ave.
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Candid shots in the Tacoma Times office. The man at the head of the table is believed to be Times editor Leonard Langlow. The editor supervises employees and assigns feature material, as well as writing editorial comments. The staff in the editorial department of the 1940 Times totalled 18 persons. (T. Times 2/27/1940 Special Edition)
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On September 14, 1939 Tacoma Times editor Leonard Langlow, smoking a cigar, was photographed holding a copy of the last Times paper to come off the newspaper's old presses. The old press was abandoned after this run and full time printing was transferred to the new 125 ton Goss octuple press in the new Times building at 919 Market Street. The remainder of the Times' operation moved to the new building on February 10th, 1940. The Times went out of business on March 31, 1949. (T. Times 2/27/1940, pg. 7)
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Moving day at the Tacoma Times. Seven men in disheveled news room. The men have just finished publishing the final edition to come out of the newspaper's old location, 819 Pacific Ave. All office equipment and furniture is being moved to its new location at 919 Market Street. The next edition, Monday's, will come out of that location. For Mr. Voorhees. (T. Times)
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Candid shots in the Tacoma Times office. The man at the typewriter is believed to be Times editor Leonard Langlow. The editorial staff at the Times in February of 1940 totalled 18, headed by Mr. Langlow. There were also wire editors, city editors and society editors. (T. Times)
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