5 results for: Landes, Bertha K.
Ephemera
Charles A. Lindbergh reception and dinner menu, September 13, 1927
A reception and "Business Men's Dinner" for Charles Lindbergh, presided over by Mayor Bertha K. Landes, was held in the Spanish Ball Room at the Olympic Hotel on September 13, 1927. The cover of the menu features an illustration of Lindbergh and Lindbergh's autograph. The multi page menu and program is hand bound with a satin cord. The engraved invitation…
ID Number:1974.5855.1
Date:1927
Correspondence
Letter from Bertha K. Landes, March 15, 1926
Bertha Ethel (Knight) Landes (1868-1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle from 1926 to 1928. Landes vowed to clean up city government, running for mayor 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,…
ID Number:1974.5855.5
Date:1926
Photograph
Bertha Knight Landes, circa 1927
Bertha Knight Landes was the first woman mayor of a major American city. Serving a single term from 1926 until 1928, she improved law enforcement, expanded the parks department programs, and improved the management of the City Light department. Active in many civic organizations, she viewed her community and mayoral activities as an extension of her home duties and well-justified…
ID Number:1986.5G.1424.1
Date:Circa 1927
Photograph
Mayor Bertha K. Landes at her desk, Seattle, circa 1927
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…
ID Number:SHS2344
Date:Circa 1927
Photograph
Mayor Bertha Landes breaking ground for the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, November 7, 1927
Seattle Mayor Bertha K. Landes broke ground for the city's new Civic Auditorium and Stadium in November 1927. The complex, at what is now Seattle Center, was completed the following year. Mayor Landes, who served from 1926 to 1928, was the first female mayor of a major American city. The Civic Auditorium later became the Seattle Center Opera House and…
ID Number:SHS8480
Date:1927