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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Alaska Building, ca. 1910
The Alaska Building, constructed between 1903 and 1904, was the first building in Seattle to be built with a steel frame. At 14 stories high, it was the tallest building in Seattle until the construction of the Hoge Building in 1911.
Identifier: spl_pc_00206
Date: 1910?
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Miles Canyon on Yukon River, ca. 1899
Miles Canyon and the Whitehorse Rapids were two of the most treacherous points for ships traveling the Yukon River in an effort to reach the Klondike gold fields. This photograph was published in the June 1900 issue of Harper's Weekly.
Identifier: spl_ap_00160
Date: 1899?
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Letter from Clarence T. Arai and Gin Kunishige to Willard Young discussing donation, 1961
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_58
Date: 1961-08-28
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Municipal News, v. 54, no. 9, May. 11, 1964
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_54_09
Date: 1964-05-11
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Municipal News, v. 53, no. 16, Sep. 23, 1963
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_53_16
Date: 1963-09-23
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The Spirit of East
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_40
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Municipal News, v. 53, no. 8, Apr. 22, 1963
Page 57 article discusses projects aimed at boys from the Yesler Terrace and Rainier Vista housing projects.
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_53_08
Date: 1963-04-22
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Municipal News, v. 54, no. 18, Nov. 23, 1964
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_54_18
Date: 1964-11-23
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Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Seattle, Wash - Plate 15
Baist Real Estate atlases of Seattle were published in 1905, 1908, and 1912. The atlases show property ownership (for large tracts), plats, block and lot numbers, streets, buildings, sewers, water mains, electric railways, and steam railroads.
Identifier: spl_maps_341191.15
Date: 1905
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Municipal News, v. 54, no. 11, Jun. 8, 1964
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_54_11
Date: 1964-06-08
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