• Jewish Transcript, v. 5, no. 15, Jun. 15, 1928

    Jewish Transcript, v. 5, no. 15, Jun. 15, 1928

    Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_05_15

    Date: 1928-06-15

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  • Jewish Transcript v. 1, no. 39, Dec. 5, 1924

    Jewish Transcript v. 1, no. 39, Dec. 5, 1924

    Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_01_39

    Date: 1924-12-05

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  • Jewish Transcript, v. 5, no. 18, Jul. 6, 1928

    Jewish Transcript, v. 5, no. 18, Jul. 6, 1928

    Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_05_18

    Date: 1928-07-06

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  • Jewish Transcript, v. 14, no. 35, Oct. 29, 1937

    Jewish Transcript, v. 14, no. 35, Oct. 29, 1937

    Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_14_35

    Date: 1937-10-29

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  • Jewish Transcript, v. 26, no. 21,  Feb. 21, 1949

    Jewish Transcript, v. 26, no. 21, Feb. 21, 1949

    Identifier: spl_jt_3018327_26_21

    Date: 1949-02-21

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  • Jewish Transcript, v. 5, no. 20, Jul. 20, 1928

    Jewish Transcript, v. 5, no. 20, Jul. 20, 1928

    Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_05_20

    Date: 1928-07-20

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  • Jewish Transcript, v. 26, no. 6,  Nov. 8, 1948

    Jewish Transcript, v. 26, no. 6, Nov. 8, 1948

    Identifier: spl_jt_3018327_26_06

    Date: 1948-11-08

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  • [Untitled], ca. 1921

    [Untitled], ca. 1921

    Kunishige, Frank A.

    Frank Asakichi Kunishige was born in Japan on June 5, 1878. He came to the United States via San Francisco in 1895. After graduating from the Illinois College of Photography, he opened a small photography studio in San Francisco. Kunishige moved to Seattle in 1917. In the same year, he married Gin Kunishige and began working in the studio of Edward S. Curtis where he became acquainted with Ella McBride who he worked for in later years. Kunishige was well known for his use of Pictorialism, a popular painterly style of photography. He developed his photographs on "textura tissue," a paper of his own creation, which allowed him to produce almost dreamlike prints. His work was featured nationally and internationally in exhibitions and publications such as Photo-Era and Seattle's Town Crier. In 1924, Kunishige became one of the founding members of the Seattle Camera Club, a group of local photographers including Kyo Koike, Yukio Morinaga, Iwao Matsushita and Fred Y. Ogasawara who gathered to share techniques and ideas, as well as their deep love of the medium. Although the group was initially solely Japanese, they soon welcomed more members including Ella McBride, their first female member. When World War II struck and the country's Japanese internment policy was put in place, Kunishige and his wife were forced to leave Seattle for Idaho where they were interned at the Minidoka camp. After their release, Kunishige spent two years working at a photography studio in Twin Falls, Idaho but eventually returned to Seattle due to his poor health. Frank Kunishige passed away on April 9, 1960.

    Identifier: spl_art_367924_09

    Date: 1921

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  • Jewish Transcript, v. 15, no. 18, Jul. 1, 1938

    Jewish Transcript, v. 15, no. 18, Jul. 1, 1938

    Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_15_18

    Date: 1938-01-01

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  • Jewish Transcript, v. 26, no. 21, Aug. 25, 1958

    Jewish Transcript, v. 26, no. 21, Aug. 25, 1958

    Identifier: spl_jt_3018327_26_21_1958

    Date: 1958-08-25

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