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Newspaper Gem: Pike Place Market 2
“The week-long festivities celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Pike Place Market are beginning in earnest this weekend. We’ve previously featured the newspaper coverage from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer 100 years ago, and the Seattle Times posted their front page from August 18, 1907 as well. We went digging a bit further and found evidence that in addition to being a conduit for fresh edibles, the Market was also initially seen as a cheaper alternative to the high prices seen on “Western Avenue.” Witness this editorial cartoon from the Seattle Times-Bulletin (no relation to the current Times), where Mr. Consumer rides his horse past the Western Avenue Commission Hog to market. “Filed under: history, libraries, library 2.0 | Tagged: newspapers, washington
