Photographs of Arthur Langlie, approximately 1930-1959

Overview of the Collection

Title
Photographs of Arthur Langlie
Dates
approximately 1930-1959 (inclusive)
Quantity
13 photographs (1 folder ) ; sizes vary
Collection Number
PH1451
Summary
Photographs of Arthur Langlie as mayor of Seattle and Governor of Washington State.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

If not for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, Arthur Bernard Langlie (July 25, 1900 – July 24, 1966) probably would never have become governor of Washington. He was born in Minnesota to Scandinavian immigrants on August 25th, 1900. His family moved repeatedly throughout Minnesota and North Dakota during his early childhood. After a fire destroyed his parents’ hotel in 1909, they planned to try their luck in Montana. Bjarne Langlie, Arthur’s father, discovered that because of special rates encouraging visits to the Exposition, a rail ticket to Seattle cost no more than one to Montana. He decided to check out the prospects in the Puget Sound region instead, and as a result the family settled in Bremerton.

Arthur attended the University of Washington, eventually receiving a law degree. He practiced in Seattle, and by the mid-1930s became involved in municipal reform. He served as mayor from 1938 to 1940, and led the effort to rehabilitate the city after the Great Depression, restoring a sense of stability, efficiency, and business-as-usual, along with the more tangible benefits of federal aid. In 1940, he became the Republican gubernatorial nominee, and won thanks largely to a deeply divided Democratic party. Bruising battles with both the legislature and with other state offices characterized his term, and he lost his re-election bid to U.S. Senator Monrad C. Wallgren. Langlie ran against Wallgren again in 1948, and avenged his defeat. In the subsequent election he became the first Washington state governor to win a third term. In 1956, at the urging of President Eisenhower, Langlie challenged, unsuccessfully, Warren G. Magnuson’s seat in the Senate. After this defeat, he decided to return to private life even though Eisenhower offered him a number of prominent positions in the federal government. Until his retirement in 1964, Langlie served as president, and later board chairman, of McCall’s Corporation, and oversaw the rejuvenation of the publishing company. He died in Seattle, one day shy of his 66th birthday.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographs of Arthur Langlie as mayor of Seattle and Governor of Washington State.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

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Restrictions on Use

Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Dorian Drew, April 2017.

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

Photographs transferred from Portrait collection, March 2017

Related Materials

Also housed in Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, are the Arthur B. Langlie Papers, Manuscript Collections 0061 and 1327.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

As MayorReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder item
1 1
Langlie standing with Governor Clarence Martin
between 1938 and 1941?
1 2
Portrait of Langlie as Mayor
Walters Studio, Seattle (photographer)
between 1938 and 1941?

As GovernorReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
box-folder:oversize item
OS7 3
Langlie in front of capitol building in Olympia
Partially faded writing on front of photo.
between 1941 and 1944?
Folder
1 4 between 1941 and 1944?
1 5 between 1941 and 1944?
1 6
Governor Langlie seated at his desk
between 1941 and 1944?
1 7
Governors Arthur Langlie and Earl Snell (Oregon) with Arthur Priault and Stewart Holbrook on the Interstate Bridge in Vancouver, WA
1943
1 8
Langlie shaking hands in front of a KRSC microphone at Sicks Stadium
1949?
1 9
Langlie speaking at cornerstone laying exercises at University of Washington Health Sciences building
James O. Sneddon (photographer)
Left to right: Arthur Langlie; Raymond Allen; Elizabeth Sterling Soule; Forest J Goodrich; Ernest M. Jones; Edward Turner; Herbert Henry Gowen.
October 9, 1949
1 10
Langlie sealing cornerstone at University of Washington Health Sciences building
James O. Sneddon (photographer)
To Langlie's right: Raymond Allen; Elizabeth Sterling Soule; Forest J Goodrich; Ernest M. Jones; Edward Turner.
October 9, 1949
1 11 July 1950
1 12 1951
1 13
Portrait of Langlie as Governor
1953

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Governors--Washington (State)--Photographs
  • Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Langlie, Arthur B. (Arthur Bernard), 1900-1966--Archives
  • Langlie, Arthur B. (Arthur Bernard), 1900-1966--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Sick's Stadium (Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs
  • University of Washington--Buildings--Photographs
  • Washington State Federation of Labor--Congresses--Photographs