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TOP: Tacoma native Marshall B. Skidmore, with his son, Rob, in October of 1989, outside the Tacoma Daily Index's office on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. Skidmore, who passed away on July 23, 2007, at the age of 83, owned the Index for 37 years (PHOTO COURTESY SKIDMORE FAMILY); ABOVE RIGHT: When our newspaper opened its doors in 1890, it did so inside a five-story stone-and-brick building located at 1110-1116 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. The building was demolished in 1931 to make way for a parking garage (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS / HISTORIC PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA PUBLIC LIBRARY); Forget iPads and laptops. An advertisement for a new electric typewriter ran in the Tacoma Daily Index on Oct. 8, 1964.(PHOTOS VIA TACOMA DAILY INDEX)

122 Years Young: A milestone moment for the...

By Todd Matthews • May 1, 2012 12:00 am

Today is a milestone moment in Tacoma Daily Index’s history: the newspaper is 122 years old. The newspaper was first…

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