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Engineering Department Seattle Mayors' Portraits, 1869-2004

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept.
Title
Engineering Department Seattle Mayors' Portraits
Dates
1869-2004 (inclusive)
Quantity
.8 cubic foot, (2 boxes)
Collection Number
2613-24
Summary
Portraits of Seattle's mayors, 1869-2002.
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the City with responsibilities for law enforcement, appointing department heads, administering City departments and programs, and preparing and executing the City budget. Seattle's original Charter (1869) created the position of Mayor who served as ex-officio President of the Common Council. The 1875 Charter gave the Mayor a vote on Council. That was amended in 1886 to provide for a tie-breaking vote only. The 1890 Charter completely separated the Executive and Legislative branches. Mayoral terms were set at 4 years by the 1946 City Charter.

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Content Description

Portraits of Seattle's mayors from 1869 to the present; all mayors, with the exception of Paul Schell (1998-2001), are represented. Many of the photographs were printed from negatives copied by the City Photographer from the Robert T. McDonald Collection at the Seattle Public Library. Other images were taken by the City Photographer. Many of the images are available in the online photograph database.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Title of image, date. Item number.] Seattle Mayors' Portraits, Record Series 2613-24. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Portraits are arranged chronologically by the respective mayors' terms of office.

Related Materials

The Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07) at the Seattle Municipal Archives contain other images of Seattle mayors; many images from this collection and others are available in the online photograph database.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). Mayor

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints

Occupations

  • Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Women mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle

Finding aid prepared by Shannon B. Lynch
2004

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