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| Title | Mayor Bertha K. Landes at her desk, Seattle, ca. 1927 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1927 |
| Caption | In 1926, Bertha Knight Landes was the first woman to be elected mayor of a major American city when she became mayor of Seattle. She vowed to clean up city government, running on the platform of "municipal housekeeping." She served only one term as mayor but remained a civic leader in such organizations as the Women's University Club, the Women's Century Club, the League of Women Voters, and the Women's Auxiliary of University Congregational Church. |
| Notes | Handwritten on verso: Bertha K. Landes at telephone.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle; Telephones--Washington (State)--Seattle; Offices--Washington (State)--Seattle; Newspapers--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Landes, Bertha Knight, 1868-1943 |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | SHS2344 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Historical Society Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from copy print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
