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Photographs of Kaua'i and O'ahu, Hawai'i

Description: A collection of 56 black and white snapshot photographs mounted on pages of a photograph album. The photographs depict people, activities, and scenery on the islands of Kaua'i and O'ahu, Hawai'i in approximately 1910. The photographs include Native Hawaiians and a thatched building, Chinese and Japanese laborers, and agriculture such as rice fields, sugarcane, and a pineapple plantation. Nearly all of the photographs are labeled with handwritten captions. One caption refers to the visitors camping in the mountains of Kaua'i at "Mr. Gay's" during Halley's Comet. Images of Honolulu include Diamond Head, Pearl Harbor, Iolani Palace, and Waikiki. There are also group photographs of travelers onboard the SS Mongolia and SS Wilhelmina traveling from "San Francisco to Honolulu." One album page has two photographs of the "Grizzly Giant" tree in Yosemite Valley, California.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1910
Call number: photCL 744
Provenance: Purchased from Globus Books LLC, February 2025.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Snapshot photographs

Visual Materials

A collection of 56 black and white snapshot photographs mounted on pages of a photograph album. The photographs depict people, activities, and scenery on the islands of Kaua'i and O'ahu, Hawai'i in approximately 1910. The photographs include Native Hawaiians and a thatched building, Chinese and Japanese laborers, and agriculture such as rice fields, sugarcane, and a pineapple plantation. Nearly all of the photographs are labeled with handwritten captions. One caption refers to the visitors camping in the mountains of Kaua'i at "Mr. Gay's" during Halley's Comet. Images of Honolulu include Diamond Head, Pearl Harbor, Iolani Palace, and Waikiki. There are also group photographs of travelers onboard the SS Mongolia and SS Wilhelmina traveling from "San Francisco to Honolulu." One album page has two photographs of the "Grizzly Giant" tree in Yosemite Valley, California.

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Hotoku Inafuku photograph album

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This photograph album documents the Inafuku family's life in Hawai'i. The album was presumably compiled by Hotoku Inafuku, who took many of the photographs as well as wrote the captions in the album. The photographs depict Hotoku, his wife Lillian, their children, extended family, and friends. Hotoku and Lillian seem to have three or four children whose names might be Hide, Donald "Yoshio", Caroline, and Lorraine. The photographs depict family portraits, social activities, school related meetings and activities, scenic views around Hawai'i, sugarcane and pineapple fields, and views of the family's garden and numerous orchid plants. Hawaiian locations across multiple islands are represented and include but are not limited to Honolulu, Panalu'u Valley, Kahuku, L+huʻe, Waimea, Mauna Kea, Hilo, Kekaha, Hα'ena. Additionally, there are a few images captured in Osaka and Nago, Japan. Also included are four images of newspaper pages from 1941 announcing Japan's entry into World War II. The album contains 387 photographs and photographic postcards.

photCL 757

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Photographs of a pineapple farm in Hawai'i

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The collection contains six black and white photographs of an unidentified pineapple farm in Hawai'i. The photographs depict farmworkers tending to the crop, pineapple fields, and farm buildings and structures.

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Hawai'i correspondence and documents

Manuscripts

The collection includes materials related to Charles Dana's time in Hawai'i, including a copy of Page, Bacon & Co.'s petition to establish a bank; correspondence describing scandals within the Hawaiian royal family and efforts to appoint Dana as American Commissioner to Hawaii; and 3 pages of notes from a lecture, evidently written by Dana, describing his attendance at a traditional Hawaiian lūʹau given by Prince Lot Kapuāiwa, later King Kamehameha V. Business correspondence is primarily from Dana's tenure as Vice President of the North American Steamship Company, with letters from New York shipbuilder William Henry Webb and other business contacts. There is also some personal correspondence from Dana's family and friends, including letters from Dana's father and brother discussing Abraham Lincoln's election and the political climate in the United States. Some family cartes-de-visite, checks and bonds, and a broadside advertising one of Dana's lectures are also included.

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Los Angeles to Honolulu on United States government ships

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Alt title: A new route to Honolulu on U.S. government ships. "J.H. Kemble"--typed owner's note along bottom of back cover. Government service history for the SS City of Los Angeles and SS City of Honolulu, promotion of their new route to Hawaii under LASSCO, descriptions of Hawaii, and a plan of the SS City of Los Angeles.

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Photograph album of United States naval activities in Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, and United States

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This photo album was compiled by a member of the United States Navy who was aboard the USS Wisconsin between 1902 and 1904. The 48 black-and-white photographs are accompanied by extensive handwritten descriptions. The photos depict American, British, and Japanese military ships. The U.S. Naval ships include the USS Adams, the USS Kentucky, the USS Oregon, and the USS Wisconsin. The locations represented in the photographs include San Diego, California; Yokosuka, Japan; Yokohama, Japan; Hong Kong; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Manila, Philippines. The photographs depict views of military boats and crew, shipping docks, a few views of churches and street scenes, and the Queen's Palace in Honolulu.

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Photographs of Kaua'i and O'ahu, Hawai'i

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