The following is a collection of print media from the initial runs of 1955's "Tarantula" in the Pacific Northwest. 

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Tarantula (1955)
A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writers: Robert M. Fresco (screenplay), Martin Berkeley (screenplay), Jack Arnold (story)
Stars: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll


November 22, 1955 ad (Portland)


November 12, 1955 article (Portland)


November 15, 1955 photo (Portland)

November 18, 1955 photo (Portland)


November 20, 1955 photo (Portland)


November 22, 1955 ad (Portland)


November 24, 1955 ad (Portland)


November 24, 1955 ad (Portland)


November 25, 1955 ad (Portland)


December 15, 1955 ad (Seattle)


December 16, 1955 ad (Seattle)


December 16, 1955 ad (Seattle)


December 17, 1955 ad (Seattle)


December 18, 1955 photo (Seattle)


Tarantula (1955) trailer


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