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Old P-I front pages narrate Seattle history

Lynsi Burton
Take a journey with us through the Seattle's history with a look at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's historic front pages.
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Take a journey with us through the Seattle's history with a look at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's historic front pages.

Here's the first edition of The Seattle Gazette, which is considered the debut issue of what was to become The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Dec. 10, 1863. Stories of the front page included a poem about friendship in old age, Civil War news and a harrowing story from Naples, Italy, in which a mason was kidnapped to carve a hole out of a wall, where a young woman was forced into a coffin that was then inserted into the hole and walled off by the mason.
University of Washington archives

Here's the first edition of The Seattle Gazette, which is considered the debut issue of what was to become The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Dec. 10, 1863. Stories of the front page included a poem about friendship in old age, Civil War news and a harrowing story from Naples, Italy, in which a mason was kidnapped to carve a hole out of a wall, where a young woman was forced into a coffin that was then inserted into the hole and walled off by the mason.

News about the Civil War described Union deaths as "our loss" and Confederate death's as "the enemy's loss."
University of Washington archives

News about the Civil War described Union deaths as "our loss" and Confederate death's as "the enemy's loss."

The Gazette, which ran weekly, initially cost 12 cents.
University of Washington archives

The Gazette, which ran weekly, initially cost 12 cents.

The Weekly Intelligencer debuted Aug. 5, 1867 as a later iteration of the Seattle Gazette. It became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876 and then took over a new daily startup, The Post, in 1881, becoming the Seattle Post-Intelligener.Read more about its early history here.
MOHAI archives

The Weekly Intelligencer debuted Aug. 5, 1867 as a later iteration of the Seattle Gazette. It became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876 and then took over a new daily startup, The Post, in 1881, becoming the Seattle Post-Intelligener.

Read more about its early history here.