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Postcards of Hawaii
Title
Postcards of Hawaii.
Published
circa 1910-1935.
Physical Description
73 postcards : b & w and color ; 9.0 x 14.1 cm
2 items.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Provenance
Purchased from Barney Chapmen on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2013.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Photographic and photomechanical postcards and that chiefly depict sites in Hawaii, circa 1910-1935.
Images also include views of the Alexander Young Hotel, Kapiʻolani Park, Nuuanu Pali, the Honolulu Immigration Station, the United States Leprosarium, the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, the residence of Queen Liliuokalani, and a sugar mill for the Ewa Plantation Company. Images also depict views of volcanoes, landscapes, seascapes, agricultural laborers, and persons surfing, as well as a series published by the Island Curio Company that reproduces drawings of Hawaiian fish.
The collection also includes two postcard-sized packets containing images of Hawaii published by James Charles Bardell and Kodak Limited.
Other publishers represented in the collection include the Hawaii and South Seas Curio Company, Edward H. Mitchell, Raphael Tuck & Sons, the Walt Nichols Company, and Max Hirsch Weinberg.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 17, 2013
References
Postcards of Hawaii. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Postcards of Hawaii. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Photographic prints.
Photomechanical prints.
Picture postcards.
Postcards.
Relief halftones (prints)
Also listed under
Hawaii and South Seas Curio Company.
Island Curio (Company)
Kodak Limited.
Raphael Tuck & Sons.
Walt Nichols Company.
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