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Captain D. Fuchigami and another man on board ship, Seattle, circa 1925

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This portrait of Captain D. Fuchigami was taken with an unnamed man in the mid 1920s. According to a 1916 issue of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Fuchigami was a captain on the Osaka Shosen Kaiska or OSK line from Japan, which regularly traveled from Japan to the West Coast.

Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued to operate a studio in various Seattle locations. In 1932 she partnered with Richard Anderson; they continued to work together until she retired in 1954 due to her failing eyesight. She died in 1965 at the age of 102. This photo of Captain Fuchigami is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson, but taken before the McBride-Anderson partnership began; it is not known which partner was the photographer.

Handwritten on sleeve: Capt. D. Fuchigami.

Caption information source: "Seattle Maru Meets Bad Weather Across," Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]), November 10, 1916, (2:30 Edition). Accessed online from Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014682/1916-11-10/ed-1/?sp=6&st=text&r=0.41,0.385,0.269,0.294,0
ID Number: 1974.5923.7
Date: Circa 1925
Creator(s): McBride & Anderson, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 glass negative : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Credit: MOHAI, McBride & Anderson Collection, 1974.5923.7
Copyright: No Known Copyright