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Hawai Shashin chō = Hawaiian Islands

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Description: Comprised of full-page halftone reproductions of photographs, this photobook focuses on Japanese American communities in Hawaii. A majority of images are of Japanese-American sugar plantation and processing plants, as well as depictions of agricultural laborers in taro, coffee and other crops. Portraits of notables such as President Taft and Queen Likliokalani and other political and civic leaders are included. Other images are of important Hawaiian landmarks and of various Japanese group activities such as Buddhist groups, baseball team and Japanese schools. Indigenous Hawaiians are also depicted at a feast (luau) and outside of a traditional thatched house (hale).
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: Meiji 44 [1911]
Call number: 653750
Creator: Tanaka, Shūho

Shinsen Hawai Chizu / Ichimei Hawai Annai / 新撰布哇地圖。一名布哇案内

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Covers Oahu, Maui, Kaui, Hawai'i and the island chain of Hawaiʻi. Shows topics of interest to the Japanese visitor or immigrant to Hawaiʻi including: population demographics of Japanese on the different islands; places of interest, average temperatures, list of Buddhist religious centers, Japanese primary schools, charts of distances between places on the Islands (for example: from Honolulu to Lihue). Text also contains traveler's advice for immigration, entry/re-entry into Hawaiʻi. The outer border consists of blocks of text and graphics containing advertisements from Japanese businesses, including bicycle shops, Western (European) clothing and hat stores, bakeries, hotels, grocery stores and photography studios.

646987

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[Hawai Honoruru annai]

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Tourist brochure featuring a town plan of Honolulu. Town plan is bordered by photographic illustrations showing the attractions each with accompanying text in Japanese and English. Advertisements, some illustrated, on reverse. All other text in Japanese only. Published by the Aala Automotive Union which operated sightseeing tours around 1930. This brochure was often issued along with a sample itinerary "Aara Jidōsha Kumiai" to Japanese passengers upon arrival to Honolulu.

653615

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Hawai shōkai shashinchō

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Black and white photographic illustrations of Hawaii. Captions in Japanese and English. Depicts cultural and business landmarks, as well as natural features. Honolulu and Oahu are the most prominently featured, but Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Hawaii are also shown. Agriculture businesses are also shown with images from sugar cane plantations, pineapple, coffee and rice farms.

653597