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.
The Town Crier, v.10, no.7, Feb. 13, 1915
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1915_10_07
Date: 1915-02-13
View this itemThe Town Crier, v.7, no.16, Apr. 20, 1912
Page 3 articles discuss the sinking of the Titanic.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_16
Date: 1912-04-20
View this itemThe Town Crier, v.11, no.9, Feb. 26, 1916
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1916_11_09
Date: 1916-02-26
View this itemThe Town Crier, v.8, no.30, Jul. 26, 1913
Page 3-5 articles discuss the fallout after riots at the Potlatch festival.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1913_08_30
Date: 1913-07-26
View this itemThe Town Crier, v.7, no.19, May 11, 1912
Page 1 image features Fisher Flouring Mills' display at Seattle's Pure Food Show. Page 15 article shows the display of the Standard Soap Company and Crescent Manufacturing Company at the same exhibition. Page 3 article "Hats and Pins" describes woman who accidentally poked a fellow streetcar passenger in the eye with her hat pin.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_19
Date: 1912-05-11
View this itemThe Town Crier, v.11, no.42, Oct. 14, 1916
Page 1 features photograph of Achsah Stimson on the day of her marriage to Dr. Walter A. Moore. The wedding is further discussed on Page 8. Page 3 article "Raising a Rumpus" discusses prohibition. Page 6 includes advertisement for changes to the prohibition law.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1916_11_42
Date: 1916-10-14
View this itemThe Town Crier, v.16, no.26, Jun. 25, 1921
Page 5 article "Let There Be Light" discusses the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1921_16_26
Date: 1921-06-25
View this itemThe Town Crier, v.16, no.10, Mar. 5, 1921
Page 1 includes architectural sketches of Seattle National Bank location to be built at 2nd Ave. and Columbia St. Page 3 includes portraits of Maurice Brown and Ellen Van Volkenburg, teachers at the Cornish School. Page 10 article discusses the history of Boston Block.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1921_16_10
Date: 1921-03-05
View this itemThe Town Crier, v.7, no.21, May 25, 1912
Page 4 article "Inexcusable" discusses the crash of the steamship Alameda into the Colman Dock on the Seattle waterfront.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_21
Date: 1912-05-25
View this itemThe Town Crier, v.9, no.14, Apr. 4, 1914
Page 6 article "In the Public Eye and Ear" features article on James Willis Sayre.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1914_09_14
Date: 1914-04-04
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