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| Title | Judge J.T. Ronald in front of King County Courthouse, Seattle, ca. 1930 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | ca. 1930 |
| Caption | Rising up from humble Missouri Ozark beginnings, Judge J.T. Ronald served the Seattle community for well over sixty years. After attending college, he taught briefly while studying for the bar exam. He and his wife, Rhoda, moved to Seattle in 1882 with Ronald beginning his long law career the next year when appointed King County Deputy District Attorney. Ronald served as U.S. District Attorney of King, Kitsap and Snohomish counties, was Seattle mayor in 1892, and had a successful law practice. In 1909 he accepted an appointment to the King County Superior Court, where he served for 40 years until he was 93 years old. In this 1930s-era photo, Ronald is standing in front of the King County courthouse in downtown Seattle. |
| Notes | Caption information source: Judge J.T. Ronald: Reflections Along the Wayside of Life; HistoryLink.org. |
| Subjects | Judges--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lawyers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle; Courthouses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Light fixtures--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Ronald, James T. |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.2585 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative 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. |
