George Fletcher Cotterill (1865-1958), born in Oxford, England, was an American civil servant and politician. He came to Seattle in 1883 and found work as a civil engineer, and later ran for various city and state offices. He served as a state senator from 1906 to1910, as mayor of Seattle from 1912 to 1914, as chief engineer of the State Highway Department from 1915 to 1919, and as port commissioner from 1922 to 1934.
This circular campaign advertising card is promoting Mr. Cotterill's election, although it is not certain to which campaign this card relates since he ran unsuccessfully in other campaigns. The card was printed by Bull Bros. of Seattle, members of the Allied Printing Trades Council, a printing trade union.
Caption information source: "Ex-Mayor Cotterill, 92, Dies," The Seattle Daily Times, October 14, 1958, p. 37.
Physical Description: 1 advertising card ; 3.5 in. diameter
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
