Jun Fujita was one of the earliest Japanese-Americans to achieve prominence in the Midwest. Fujita was the only photographer to capture two of the century's biggest events in Chicago: the sinking of the S.S. Eastland in 1915 and the Valentine's Day massacre in 1929. He photographed some of the most famous people of his time including Albert Einstein, Frank Lloyd Wright and Al Capone. Fujita compiled a collection of his poems in "Tanka: Poems in Exile" in 1923.
Jun built a rustic cabin on an island in Rainy Lake near Ranier, MN across from Canada (now in Voyageurs National Park) as a retreat. He used it until 1941 when the US entered WWII.
Jun and Florence bought property in Furnessville (Porter County), Indiana 8/3/1934 and built a kite-shaped summer house. It was an hour from Chicago. Furnessville resident Susan Reiter Bagby described it as a "butterfly" shape. They were there in 1958 but not 1961 (local city directories). It was behind the Vin and Hazel Hannell house (west of Furnessville cemetery).
He married Florence Carr in 1940. During World War II, he worked as a commercial photographer in his kitchen. Fujita died on July 12, 1963, at the age of 74.
According to a family member, Jun Fujita ashes were scattered on their Furnessville property.
I think she is Japanese-American photojournalist in the U.S.
Florence Carr Fujita sold her property to Marie McDonald on 12/8/1967. This was the Section 17, township 37, range 5 Fujita property.
Jun built a rustic cabin on an island in Rainy Lake near Ranier, MN across from Canada (now in Voyageurs National Park) as a retreat. He used it until 1941 when the US entered WWII.
Jun and Florence bought property in Furnessville (Porter County), Indiana 8/3/1934 and built a kite-shaped summer house. It was an hour from Chicago. Furnessville resident Susan Reiter Bagby described it as a "butterfly" shape. They were there in 1958 but not 1961 (local city directories). It was behind the Vin and Hazel Hannell house (west of Furnessville cemetery).
He married Florence Carr in 1940. During World War II, he worked as a commercial photographer in his kitchen. Fujita died on July 12, 1963, at the age of 74.
According to a family member, Jun Fujita ashes were scattered on their Furnessville property.
I think she is Japanese-American photojournalist in the U.S.
Florence Carr Fujita sold her property to Marie McDonald on 12/8/1967. This was the Section 17, township 37, range 5 Fujita property.
Jun Fujita was one of the earliest Japanese-Americans to achieve prominence in the Midwest. Fujita was the only photographer to capture two of the century's biggest events in Chicago: the sinking of the S.S. Eastland in 1915 and the Valentine's Day massacre in 1929. He photographed some of the most famous people of his time including Albert Einstein, Frank Lloyd Wright and Al Capone. Fujita compiled a collection of his poems in "Tanka: Poems in Exile" in 1923.
Jun built a rustic cabin on an island in Rainy Lake near Ranier, MN across from Canada (now in Voyageurs National Park) as a retreat. He used it until 1941 when the US entered WWII.
Jun and Florence bought property in Furnessville (Porter County), Indiana 8/3/1934 and built a kite-shaped summer house. It was an hour from Chicago. Furnessville resident Susan Reiter Bagby described it as a "butterfly" shape. They were there in 1958 but not 1961 (local city directories). It was behind the Vin and Hazel Hannell house (west of Furnessville cemetery).
He married Florence Carr in 1940. During World War II, he worked as a commercial photographer in his kitchen. Fujita died on July 12, 1963, at the age of 74.
According to a family member, Jun Fujita ashes were scattered on their Furnessville property.
I think she is Japanese-American photojournalist in the U.S.
Florence Carr Fujita sold her property to Marie McDonald on 12/8/1967. This was the Section 17, township 37, range 5 Fujita property.
Jun built a rustic cabin on an island in Rainy Lake near Ranier, MN across from Canada (now in Voyageurs National Park) as a retreat. He used it until 1941 when the US entered WWII.
Jun and Florence bought property in Furnessville (Porter County), Indiana 8/3/1934 and built a kite-shaped summer house. It was an hour from Chicago. Furnessville resident Susan Reiter Bagby described it as a "butterfly" shape. They were there in 1958 but not 1961 (local city directories). It was behind the Vin and Hazel Hannell house (west of Furnessville cemetery).
He married Florence Carr in 1940. During World War II, he worked as a commercial photographer in his kitchen. Fujita died on July 12, 1963, at the age of 74.
According to a family member, Jun Fujita ashes were scattered on their Furnessville property.
I think she is Japanese-American photojournalist in the U.S.
Florence Carr Fujita sold her property to Marie McDonald on 12/8/1967. This was the Section 17, township 37, range 5 Fujita property.
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