Wikimedia Commons

File:Mayor Bertha Landes breaking ground for the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, November 7, 1927 (MOHAI 9584).jpg

Original file ‎(560 × 700 pixels, file size: 59 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

This image was automatically transferred from the collections of the University of Washington. While certainly the majority of metadata in their database is correct, it is not necessarily written by individuals who are expert on the material they are describing. Such images often have incorrect dates, locations, or other information.

If you can verify that this information is correct, or correct it if it isn't, please do so and remove this template. Also, if you are correcting information, please also let the library know so that they can update the metadata on their site. You can contact UW LIBRARIES MSCUA at photos@uw.edu

Summary

edit
English: Mayor Bertha Landes breaking ground for the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, November 7, 1927   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Unknown authorUnknown author
Title
English: Mayor Bertha Landes breaking ground for the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, November 7, 1927
Description
English: 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 was later renovated as McCaw Hall.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Groundbreaking--Washington (State)--Seattle; Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • People: Landes, Bertha Knight, 1868-1943
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date Taken on 7 November 1927
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w
Dimensions height: 7.5 in (19 cm); width: 9.5 in (24.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,7.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,9.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
9584
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Credit Line
InfoField
MOHAI, Seattle Historical Society Collection, SHS8480 """"""""""

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:30, 12 January 2023Thumbnail for version as of 06:30, 12 January 2023560 × 700 (59 KB)BMacZeroBot (talk | contribs)Batch upload (Commons:Batch uploading/University of Washington Digital Collections)

You cannot overwrite this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Mayor_Bertha_Landes_breaking_ground_for_the_Civic_Auditorium,_Seattle,_November_7,_1927_(MOHAI_9584).jpg&oldid=839004521"