Person Record
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Name |
Matsura, Frank S. |
Othernames |
Sakae Matsuura |
Born |
6/?/1873 |
Birthplace |
Suzaki-cho, Mukoujima, Honjyo-ku, Tokyo |
Places of residence |
Arrived in Seattle June 1901. Juneau, Alaska in 1902 Conconully, WA in 1903 Okanogan, WA in 1907 |
Father |
Yasushi Matsura |
Nationality |
Japanese |
Education |
Studied photography in Japan and Seattle |
Notes |
Multiple newspaper articles cross referenced to photos in collection in black loose-leaf notebook compiled by Barry George. Half of photo collection found in Judge Brown garage produced by Matsura presently with WSU, rest with OCHS. Special collections file 120108.000 to .999 currently in green file cabinets with large variety of documents relating to his life. |
Occupation |
Photographer |
Publications |
"Frank Matsura" Omak Chronicle 3/12/1981 "Contractor Wagner is... erecting a photograph gallery on First Ave" Okanogan Independent 1/25/1908 "Frank Matsura's new photograph gallery was opened for business..." Okanogan Independent 4/4/1908 "Letter about frank Matsura from his relative, Kayo Matsura" Okanogan Indpendent 9/19/19013 "Loval happenings: Frank Matsura came down from Conconully..." Okanogan Independent 5/24/1907 "Of Local interest: Frank Matsura has established himself in a enat gallery" Okanogan Independent 3/21/1908 "Town and Country: Frank Matsrua has been selected by Engineer Anderson to take official photographs of the irrigation works.." Okanogan Independent 6/7/1907 "Letter from Judge Brown recalls friend, Frank Matsrua" Omak Chronicle 10/3/1963 "Of local interest: Frank Matsura is branching out as a lecturer" Okanogan Independent 10/23/1908 "Of local interest: Frank Matsura was up at Conconully several days...." Okanogan Independent 5/30/1908 "Movie makers are coming to town; Japanese film makers working on Matsura film" Omak Chronicle 6/15 - 6/22 - 6/29/1983 with followup 7/13/1983 "Local affairs: FRank Matsura drove down to the Peter Reilly place Sunday.. to take some cviews of a bunch of 1100 cattle" Okanogan Independent 9/10/1909 "Following in Matsura's footsteps" Omak Chronicle 3/17/1982 "We're going to be on TV:" Omak Chronicle 4/6/1983 Obituary from Ancestory (BIOAO) p. 65 Biography notebook G to Kerr (BIOLN3) p. 8 Biography notebook KI to MY (BIOLN4) p. 88 Scrapbook #36 (SB036) p. 177 Scrapbook #19 (SB019) p.15-17 Scrapbook #10 (SB010) p. 67 "Frank Matsura Frontier Photographer" by JoAnn Roe, 1981 "Images of Okanogan County As Photographed By Frank S. Matsura" by The Chronicle and Okanogan County Historical Society, 2002. "Frank S. Matsura A Scrapbook" by OCHS, 2007 "A Man Who Was Called Frank" by Tatsuo Kurihara, 2007. Three books in Japanese discussing Matsura in addition to Japanese versions of the earlier listed books. "Okanogan Rendezvous" 1989, Okanogan County Centennial Reunion Committee, p. 298-299, 339-340, 356-358, 397-400 "Late Frontier A History of Okanogan County, Washington" 1990, Bruce A. Wilson, p. 235, 253-257 |
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