Category Archives: Illustration

Waverly Building at the corner of Hotel and Bethel, 1909.

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THE WAVERLY [WAVELA] STONE BUILDING

O FRIENDS: This picture that is being printed is an image of the stone building standing at the corner of Hotel [Hotele] and Bethel [Betela] Streets, called the Waverly Building [Hale Wavela], and on the second story is where the LANAKILA appears every Thursday of every week. It is on Bethel Street, makai of the Hotel Street corner where the stairs are to get to the second story. This is the Printing Office of the Paradise of the Pacific [Paredaiso o ka Pakipika].

[This “Paradise of the Pacific” magazine is the precursor to the magazine on the shelves today, “Honolulu Magazine”…]

(Lanakila, 7/15/1909, p. 4)

KA HALE POHAKU WAVELA

Ka Lanakila, Buke I, Helu 3, Aoao 4. Iulai 15, 1909.

Lei makers of Honolulu, 1909.

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LADY FLOWER SEWERS OF THIS CAPITAL.

The picture above is of the sweet-eyed mothers and ladies of the flower gardens of Walikanahele, selling their flowers on the street sides of our Capital. Not only on the streets, they go aboard the steamships and the ships that are docked. Yes. Do good work. Keep at it.

(Lanakila, 7/22/1909, p. 4)

NA LEDE HUMUHUMU PUA O KE KAPITALA NEI.

Ka Lanakila, Buke I, Helu 4, Aoao 4. Iulai 22, 1909.

Mr. Akioka, a Chinese taro farmer/poi maker, dies, 1922.

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AKIOKA PASSES AWAY.

MR. AKIOKA (CHINESE)

Mr. Editor of the Kuokoa Newspaper, Aloha kaua:—Please kindly allow me an open space of your newspaper, for our loved one, our father has left us, his children and his wife; he has peacefully left for that realm we must all go to.

He had a swelling sickness, and the doctor was fetched, but he did not get any relief and died.

Our father was born in the “land of flowers,” China, on the 30th of November, 1851, and he left us on the 18th of May, 1922; he was over 71 years old. Continue reading →

Lahaina, and Hawaii through history, 1941.

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OLD LAHAINA PRISON
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ANCIENT LAHAINA

By INEZ ASHDOWN

According to information gleaned from the Bishop Museum records and the Archives of Mr. E. Bryan Jr., curator at the Museum, the old Lahaina Prison was built in 1851 and completed in April 1852. This was during the reign of Kamehameha III, who ruled until 1854.

For “local color” at that time I have talked with old Hawaiians who are from 70 to 80 years of age, and have also spent many hours at the Wailuku library reading old volumes supplied by Mrs. Juliette Davis, Librarian. Continue reading →

Lahaina, a o Hawaii nei hoi o ka wa kahiko, 1941.

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KA HALEPAAHAO KAHIKO O LAHAINA ame LAHAINA KAHIKO

(Kakauia e Inez Ashdown)

E like me na mea i hooloaa ia mai ka moolelo mai o Hale Hoahu o na Mea Kahiko o Bihopa mai ia Mr. E. H. Bryan Jr., mea malama o ua hale la, o ka Halepaahao kahiko o Lahaina i kukulu ia i ka M. H. 1851 a pau nohoi i ka makahiki 1852 i ka wa keia e noho moi ana o Kamehameha III, Kauikeaouli, i noho moi a hiki i ka makahiki 1854.

O ke ano oia au hui au a kamailio me na Hawaii kahiko o 70 a hiki i ke 80 makahiki, a pela pu nohoi ma o ka hoohala ana he mau hora lehulehu maloko o ka Hale Waiho Buke o Wailuku e heluhelu ana hoi i na buke kahiko i hoolako ia mai ia’u e Mrs. Juliette Davis, ka mea malama Hale Hoahu Buke. Continue reading →

Ray Kinney Band, 1940.

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The picture above is of Ray Kinney, and he will be seen with his three friends, who are the band that plays at the Hotel Lexington [in New York], and some Hawaiian Girls; they are here to perform for three days at the Mamo Theater [Halekeaka Mamo], beginning on this day, February 21. With Kinney (on the far right), are Keoki Kainapau, Tommy Castro, Sammy Makea and Nick Paul.

(Hoku o Hawaii, 2/21/1940, p. 3)

O ke kii e kau ae la maluna...

Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXIV, Number 43, Aoao 3. Feberuari 21, 1940.

Nora Rickard of Honokaa turns 90, 1938.

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Mother Rickard Celebrates her birthday

MRS. RICKARD

On Sunday, March 6, “Mother” Nora Rickard of Honokaa celebrated her 90th birthday, after living until local on the Island of Keawe for 71 years. She was born in Devonshire, England, and left there when she was 19 years old and went to America on a sailboat travelling under Cape Horn [Kaipo Hone], a trip that took five months.

“Mother” Rickard is the first white woman who lived in Honokaa. She is still strong and spry, even if she is very old. Pertaining to her trip from England, she says: Continue reading →

Earthquake on Maui, 1938.

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Damage Done By The Earthquake

The picture above is a picture of Joseph Matson, the Engineer of Maui, inspecting an area where the road was split at the pali of Waialua, a little above Keanae. This was done by the earthquake a few weeks ago.

Boulders fell and hit this storehouse of the Standard Oil Company. Oil leaked out of the oil drums as a result of the earthquake a few weeks ago on Maui.

(Hoku o Hawaii, 2/9/1938, p. 3)

Ka Hana A Ka Ola'i

Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXI, Number 40, Aoao 3. Feberuari 9, 1938.

Pahala School, 1936.

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THE NEW SCHOOL OF PAHALA BEING BUILT

This picture above is of the new school of Pahala in Kau. On Tuesday of this past week, the children of Pahala, Kau returned to the new school house built this year for the children of Pahala and Kau.

The total number of children entering this school when it opened is 460 students.

This is one of the signs of progress in this district. This school and the yard equipment are of the newest models of this new age, and this is a great blessing for the children of this district.

(Hoku o Hawaii, 9/23/1936, p. 2)

KE HOOHANA IA NEI KA HALE KULA HOU O PAHALA

Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXI, Number 21, Aoao 2. Sepatemaba 23, 1936.

James A. E. Kinney and his ohana, 1943.

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At Sea

The picture above is of James A. E. Kinney, the son of K. W. Kinney of Hana, Maui, and one of the writers to Ka Hoku o Hawaii. It is believed that A. E. Kinney is at Sea with the Air Force, doing air surveillance [kilo ea]. He graduated from the air surveillance school in Grand Rapids, Michigan this past April and returned to his post at West Palm Beach, Florida, and thereafter it was decided to send him to sea.

A Hawaiian Youth

James Apollo Everett Kinney was born of the loins of Mr. K. W. [Kihapiilani William] and Mrs. Sarah Kaleo Kinney, at the McBryde Sugar Plantation in Kauai, when his father was working burning cane, and he was 32 years old. Continue reading →