'Progress Report' political ads, Seattle Mayor Clinton's re-election campaign, 1959
Channel: SeattleArchives
Date: 2012-09-10

Black and white with sound. A series of one-minute political advertisements for the 1959 re-election campaign for Seattle Mayor Gordon Clinton. The advertisements are framed as 'Progress Reports,' and feature Mayor Clinton illustrating his administration's success in dealing with important issues, along with pertinent footage. Subjects of the advertisements include business development, the police and fire departments, road construction, the Seattle Public Library, austerity measures, pollution in Lake Washington and Puget Sound, the water supply, and urban renewal. 

Item 510, Record Series 2613-09, Seattle Municipal Archives