The Tacoma Times

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The Tacoma Times
The Tacoma Times, volume 1, number 1, front page (December 21, 1903).jpg
The front page of the first edition of the Tacoma Times
TypeDaily newspaper
Founder(s) E.W. Scripps
Founded1903
Ceased publication1949
ISSN 2158-4729
OCLC number 17347623

The Tacoma Times was a newspaper published in Tacoma, Washington from 1903 to 1949. It was founded by E. W. Scripps, with editorial personnel taken from the Seattle Star . [1]

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References

  1. About the Tacoma Times, at Chronicling America , published no later than June 23, 2011 (date of earliest version found on Internet Archive); retrieved November 26, 2014