Thank you to Aiko for sharing this page put up by Kapiolani Community College Library! It is always interesting to see how Hawaii was/is seen by the outside world.
POLITICAL CARICATURES OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM
Here is a picture of the Hawaii State Library as we know it today.
Hale Waiho Buke o Hawaii. Novemaba 1, 2011
MID-PACIFIC CARNIVAL
FEB 18 to 21 1914
DUKE KAHANAMOKU
CHAMPION SWIMMER OF THE WORLD
[Illegible line follows, that does not appear in other images online…]
HONOLULU HAWAII
STEEL–HENDERSON
ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO., LTD., HONOLULU.
To advertise the celebration of the birth of Washington, in the coming month of February, the Promotion Committee has chosen the picture of Duke Kahanamoku, the swimming champion of the world, standing atop of his surfboard, as a picture to send all over the world as advertisement to benefit this Territory.
This newspaper company received the contract to create and print some thousands of these illustrations, to be sent all over, and posted at places where crowds assemble; it was finished a month before the date of completion as set in the contract.
This image of Duke Kahanamoku is done in multiple colors, under the direction of the art department of this publishing company.
(Kuokoa, 10/3/1913, p. 5)
Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LI, Helu 39, Aoao 5. Okatoba 3, 1913.
These are the New Pictures of the Latest Episodes of the
From the Book Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Full of excitement, beauty, and Wonderful Wilderness Scenes; this movie that was shot has been greatly anticipated by millions of people for months. They are Filled with Enthusiastic Acclaim.
A thrilling story about a Wild Man, the Jungles, and the Palaces.
Entrance: 15, 25 and 35 Cents. Reserved seats: 55 Cents.
(Kuokoa, 4/25/1919, p. 2)
Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LVII, Helu 17, Aoao 2. Aperila 25, 1919.
Aloha Aina, Buke XI, Helu 1, Pakui. Ianuari 6, 1906.
If you were wondering about this awesome picture, it seems that it was an afterthought by the head of the paper [Edward L. Like] to give it as a gift to the subscribers of the newspaper “Ke Aloha Aina,” in 1906.
