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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Study in tin and masonry near Pike Place Market, June 1967
Study in tin and masonry near Pike Place Market
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Date: 1967-06
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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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Elliott Bay from West Seattle, December 25, 1966
Elliott Bay, Christmas morning, December 1966
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Date: 1966-12
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Boat in front of Le Conte Glacier, Alaska, ca. 1899
Identifier: spl_ap_00083
Date: 1899
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Two men in small boat on Yukon River, ca. 1899
Exact location of the photograph is unknown. Camp equipment and supplies are set up on the waterfront near the boat.
Identifier: spl_ap_00150
Date: 1899
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Judy Whalen under the boom of Bill Barkes' sailboat, January 1968
Judy Whalen under the boom of Bill Barkes's sailboat
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Date: 1968-01
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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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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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Trolley canyon downtown, from 3rd Ave. looking east on Pike St., June 1967
Trolley canyon downtown
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Date: 1967-06
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Crossroads Mall and parking lot, Bellevue, circa 1968
Crossroads Mall-Mercer Is '69 [incorrect]
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Date: 1968