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Frank Tamaki Nakaco

Page by Bob Leathers

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Hanna, Wyoming Front Street in 1926. (Photo by Mike Manias, September 1926)

Life Story

Frank Tamaki Nakaco was born on June 17, 1881, in Yamaguchi, Japan. He married Emma McClain in July 1912 in Omaha, Nebraska. He and Emma divorced.  He then married Tomiko Shimogowachi and they had two children together.

Frank Nakaco was a photographer in Hanna for several years - 1912- 1918. ​It is thought that Frank worked and lived in the Hanna Photo shop on Front Street pictured above. 

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He died on January 1, 1967, in Rock Springs, Wyoming, at the age of 85.
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Nakaco Photo Artist. Hanna. 1913. (Medicine Bow Times. 1913)

Some of Frank Nakako's Work in Hanna

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Photo by F.T. Nakaco
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Hanna Unknown children (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken) photo by F.T. Nakaco
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F. T. Nakaco Photo. Hanna Wyoming. Unknown Family. (Image by Nako from Daryl Billings)
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Hanna Unknown women (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken) photo by Nakaco
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Hanna Unknown Man (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken) photo by F.T. Nakaco
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Hanna Unknown man (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken) photo by Nakaco
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Hanna Unknown man and woman (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken) photo by F.T. Nakaco
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Hanna Unknown man (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken) photo by Nakaco
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Hanna Unknown woman (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken) photo by F-1.T. Nakaco
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Hanna Unknown man (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken) photo by Nakaco
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Man Unknown. (Photo by F. T. Nakaco. Hanna, Wyoming) (Image from Daryl Billings. 2023)
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Post Card. Nakago Photograph. Unknown Woman. (Image from Daryl Billings)

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