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Queen Marie of Romania with Prince Nicholas and Princess Ileana, Sam Hill, and Mayor Bertha Landes, Seattle, November 1926
Queen Marie of Romania with Prince Nicholas and Princess Ileana, Sam Hill, and Mayor Bertha Landes, Seattle, November 1926
TitleQueen Marie of Romania with Prince Nicholas and Princess Ileana, Sam Hill, and Mayor Bertha Landes, Seattle, November 1926
PhotographerStaff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Date1926
CaptionPrincess Marie of Edinburgh, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and referred to as 'Missy' by her family, grew up under the strict rule of her mother while her father was often away serving in the British Royal Navy. Later marrying the Crown Prince Ferdinand, the heir to the Romanian throne and subsequent King, she had an opportunity to apply her intellect and insight to unofficially influence politics through her husband until his death in 1927. In 1926, Queen Marie and her children, Prince Nicholas and Princess Ileana, traveled to America adhering to a hectic schedule with many official visits in both Canada and the United States. Their visit to Seattle on November 4, 1926 included stops at Mayor Landes' office, Roosevelt High School, and the Yacht Club where the activities included a tree planting ceremony in which Queen Marie participated, a dinner sponsored by the Seattle Business Women's club, and a speech by her friend, the businessman and civic activist, Samuel Hill. Queen Marie's other official activities in the state included dedicating Hill's Maryhill mansion in Goldendale on the Columbia River which now serves as the Maryhill Museum of Art.

This photo is of (left to right) Sam Hill, Prince Nicholas, Queen Marie, Princess Ileana, and Mayor Bertha Landes next to the ornate elevators in the L.C. Smith building (Smith Tower), which was the tallest building in Seattle at that time, on Queen Marie's November 1926 visit.
NotesHandwritten on image: Hill - Prince - Marie - Princess - Landes.

Caption information sources: Kent State University, Special Collections; European History Web Collection, Jesus Ibarra's Pages; Constantin Roman, Romanian Scholar.
SubjectsQueens--Washington (State)--Seattle; Princesses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Princes--Washington (State)--Seattle; Police--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fur garments--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business people--Washington (State)--Seattle; Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle; Elevators--Washington (State)--Seattle; Smith Tower (Seattle, Wash.)
Personal NamesHill, Samuel, 1857-1931
Nicholas, Prince of Romania
Marie, Queen of Romania
Ileana, Princess of Romania
Landes, Bertha Knight, 1868-1943
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1986.5G.1831
Ordering InformationTo 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 LineSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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