Municipal News
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. The Municipal News, a civics publication dating back to 1911, offers information about the social, political and economic history of King County.
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Madam Kawakami, ca. 1926
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_31
Date: 1926
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Municipal News, v. 54, no. 20, Dec. 28, 1964
Includes 1964 Municipal News Index
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_54_20
Date: 1964-12-28
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Dancers at Klukwan Potlatch ceremony, Alaska, October 14, 1898
Identifier: spl_ap_00109
Date: 1898-10-14
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Denny Regrade, ca. 1906
Water jets and building being deconstructed at unidentified regrade location.
Identifier: spl_dr_009
Date: 1906
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Gourmet's Notebook, v.11, no.10, Dec. 1983
Includes index for volume 11; Bangkok Hut, pg. 77; Cafe Optimum, pg. 78; Cutter's Bay House, pg. 76; Fuller's, pg. 73; Hi-Spot, pg. 74
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1983_11_10
Date: 1983-12
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Municipal News, v. 54, no. 10, May. 25, 1964
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_54_10
Date: 1964-05-25
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Municipal News, v. 54, no. 12, Jun. 22, 1964
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_54_12
Date: 1964-06-22
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Municipal News, v. 54, no. 3, Feb. 10, 1964
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_54_03
Date: 1964-02-10
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Municipal News, v. 54, no. 13, Jul. 13, 1964
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_54_13
Date: 1964-07-13
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Gourmet's Notebook, v.6, no.8, Aug. 1978
Canlis', pg. 60; Dilettante, pg. 64; French Cooking Schools, pg. 62; La Concha, pg. 61; La Cuisine International, pg. 58; Lebanon, pg. 59; Original Ellen's, pg. 63; Trattoria Mitchelli, pg. 57
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1978_06_08
Date: 1978-08
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