Jack Large Photo Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. This collection of nearly 1,200 photograph slides documents the adventures and counterculture lifestyle of photographer Jack Large and his artist friends through the late sixties in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
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Pacific Builder and Engineer, v. 4, no. 42, Oct. 20, 1906
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1906_04_42
Date: 1906-10-20
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Gourmet's Notebook, v.19, no.7, Sep. 1991
Chula's Bar and Grill, pg. 52; Lighthouse Cafe, pg. 55; Madrona Bistro, pg. 51; Rosebud Cafe, pg. 54; Serafina, pg. 50; Silverwater Cafe, pg. 53; Sostanza, pg. 49
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1991_19_07
Date: 1991-09
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Pacific Builder and Engineer, v. 4, no. 23, Jun. 9, 1906
Page 3 article discusses attempts to rebuild following the San Francisco fire.
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1906_04_23
Date: 1906-06-09
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Boat in front of Le Conte Glacier, Alaska, ca. 1899
Identifier: spl_ap_00083
Date: 1899?
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South Seattle from Smith Tower, ca. 1914-1919
View looking SE from Smith Tower towards the Pioneer Square and Chinatown-International District neighborhoods, with King Street Station and Union Station visible in the bottom right. Signs for the Salvation Army, Panama Hotel, Astor Hotel, Alki Hotel can also be seen.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00155
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Black Veil
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_46
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Worker installing Space Needle stairs to 300' level, ca. October 14, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69710020
Date: 1961-10-14
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Dave Wagner tokes too, Jack Large studio, Pike Place Market, July 1967
David Wagner tokes too
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Date: 1967-07
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Crossroads Mall and parking lot, Bellevue, circa 1968
Crossroads Mall-Mercer Is '69 [incorrect]
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Date: 1968
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Friends of the Market position statement on Pike Plaza Revelopment Project #21
The statement outlines the issues that the Friends group has with the redevelopment plan including the displacement of farmers and proposed usage of buildings in the area. The Friends group emphasizes the need for improvements that will benefit the farmers and the introduction of more low income housing in the area.
Identifier: spl_ps_015
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