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1911-1935 Hawaii photograph collection: Schofield Barracks, harbors and bridges, Hilo Post Office, China Clipper, railroad etc.
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
[Honolulu, Hilo, and Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, 1911-1935]. 50 photographs, some captioned or annotated, ranging in size from 2¾ x 4½ inches to 5 x 7 inches. Several images removed from albums. Overall, very good.
Fifty Hawaiian photographs with themes emphasizing military life, transportation, and engineering.
Inventory
• Schofield Barracks near Honolulu. (22 photos). Soldiers on the way to camp or marching; tanks, searchlight trucks and other military vehicles; portable artillery and a mammoth artillery piece for field testing. Other images: A Hawaiian sergeant on parade with senior officers; the barrack's band's saxophone section; baseball and a football game scenes; views of an Army hangar.
• Military Camp (4 photos). Grouped soldiers, a mess tent, a large tent encampment with supply wagons.
• China Clipper Flying Boat (2 photos). Images of the vessel tied up in Honolulu Harbor; its crew on board, an adjacent service vessel.
• Honolulu Harbor, etc. (3 photos). "Sampan Fisherman's Wharf," ships leaving port or docked, the Aloha Tower lighthouse, a U.S. Naval destroyer.
• Hilo (8 photos). Construction views of the Hilo Post Office, built ca. 1915-1917: a work crew, the building's façades scafolded, roof construction, etc. Views of the library, nearby bridges, Hilo harbor, and Laupāhoehoe City with its lava-tipped cape; a swimmer at Coconut Isle (Moku Ola).
• Bridges (2 photos). The Kawainu and the Hakalau Gulch railroad bridges under construction.
• Portraits (4 photos). Hawaiian women, one dancing a hula, the other standing by a papaya tree; a Hawaiian man on a donkey; lifeguards posing with a surfboard on the beach at Waikiki and wearing swimsuits labeled "Moaka."
• Miscellaneous (5 photos). An automobile fitted with wheels to drive on railroad tracks, men posing by a rail car, a stand of banyan trees; an outdoor gathering showing pavilions and seated guests, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3733327
- Title
- 1911-1935 Hawaii photograph collection: Schofield Barracks, harbors and bridges, Hilo Post Office, China Clipper, railroad etc.
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- [Unkwn.]
- Book Condition
- Used
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Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
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Wilmington, Delaware
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Our inventory encompasses a broad spectrum of collecting interests, with a special focus on 18th- and 19th-century American history, including African-American history, women's history, and unique or unusual materials documenting the American experience. In our stock, you will also find rare pamphlets, documents, letters and correspondence, journals, diaries, significant archives, as well as original art, graphics, and photographs.
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