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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)19741980
- Quantity
- .8 cubic foot, (2 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 2613-24
- Summary
- Portraits of Seattle's mayors, 1869-2002.
- Repository
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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
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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.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
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.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
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.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Title of image, date. Item number.] Seattle Mayors' Portraits, Record Series 2613-24. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
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.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Seattle Mayors' Portraits, 1869-2002Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Henry Allen
Atkins |
1869-1871 |
1/2 | J.T. Jordan |
1871 |
1/3 | Corliss P. Stone |
1872 |
1/4 | Moses R. Maddocks |
1872 |
1/5 | John Collins |
1873 |
1/6 | Henry L. Yesler |
1874-1875 |
1/7 | Bailey Gatzert |
1875 |
1/8 | Gideon A. Weed |
1876-1878 |
1/9 | Beriah Brown |
1878 |
1/10 | Orange Jacobs |
1879 |
1/11 | Leonard P. Smith |
1880-1882 |
1/12 | Henry G. Struve |
1882-1884 |
1/13 | John Leary |
1884 |
1/14 | W.H. Shoudy |
1886 |
1/15 | T.T. Minor |
1887 |
1/16 | Robert Moran |
1888-1890 |
1/17 | Harry White |
1890-1892 |
1/18 | George W. Hall |
1892 |
1/19 | J.T. Ronald |
1892-1893 |
1/20 | Byron Phelps |
1894-1896 |
1/21 | Frank Black |
1896 |
1/22 | W.D. Wood |
1897 |
1/23 | Thomas J. Humes |
1897-1904 |
1/24 | Richard Ballinger |
1904-1906 |
1/25 | William Hickman
Moore |
1906-1908 |
1/26 | John F. Miller |
1908-1909 |
1/27 | Hiram C. Gill |
1910-1911, 1914-1917 |
2/1 | George W. Dilling |
1911-1912 |
2/2 | George F.
Cotterill |
1912-1914 |
2/3 | Ole Hanson |
1918-1919 |
2/4 | C.B. Fitzgerald |
1919-1920 |
2/5 | Hugh M. Caldwell |
1920-1922 |
2/6 | Edwin J. Brown |
1922-1926 |
2/7 | Bertha K. Landes |
1926-1928 |
2/8 | Frank E. Edwards |
1928-1931 |
2/9 | Robert Harlin |
1931-1932 |
2/10 | John F. Dore |
1932-1934, 1936-1938 |
2/11 | Charles Smith |
1934-1936 |
2/12 | Arthur B. Langlie |
1938-1941 |
2/13 | John E. Carroll |
1941 |
2/14 | Earl Millikin |
1941 |
2/15 | William F. Devin |
1942-1952 |
2/16 | Allan Pomeroy |
1952-1956 |
2/17 | Gordon S. Clinton |
1956-1964 |
2/18 | J. Dorm Braman |
1964-1969 |
2/19 | Floyd Miller |
1969 |
2/20 | Wesley C. Uhlman |
1969-1977 |
2/21 | Charles T. Royer |
1978-1989 |
2/22 | Norman B. Rice |
1990-1997 |
2/23 | Greg Nickels |
2002- |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
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