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Big run of alalaua, 1917.
THE ALALAUA¹ FISH IS A LIFE SAVER THESE DAYS. All sorts of people are heading together these days to go pole fishing for alalaua: the piers are full of men, women, and children. A few days ago is when...
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The Queen and the alalaua, 1917.
QUEEN LILIUOKALANI. Following the birthdays of our dearly Beloved Queen, her weakening health was noticed. And we guess that this is the reason for the appearance of the alalaua, like what is usual for...
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More on the alalaua, 1917.
THE RED FISH INVASION The ancient superstition that visits of red fish in large numbers to the Islands portend the death of some member of the royal family, absurd as it may be, has just had what may...
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James Pauahi Alohikea and the alalaua, 1917.
J. P. ALOHIKEA MEETS HIS DEATH In common with a good many other Hawaiians, J. P. Alohikea, the well known harness maker and upholsterer of Lihue, went down to the shore Thursday evening to fish for...
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Pictures into the past, 1903.
THE DAYS OF YORE OF HONOLULU The Anglican Church Saint Andrew’s [Sana Anaru] in the year 1873. Built in 1867. Photograph by Williams. [This is part of a series of pictures of old Honolulu that ran on...
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More images from the past, 1903.
A COMPARISON OF MERCHANT STREET BETWEEN TEN YEARS. Merchant Street in 1883. Photographed by Williams. Merchant Street in 1903. Photographed by the Advertiser [Adavataisa]. [I'm not sure if they meant...
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Merchant Street, 2011.
Just for fun, here is a recent picture taken from a similar vantage point on Merchant Street the other year! Alanui Kalepa, 2011. Filed under: Illustration, Repost
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Looking back at Princess Kaiulani, 1903.
The Drawing Room [Lumi Kahakii] of Princess Kaiulani. [Does anyone know where this room was? I am sure the original image in the newspaper is much more clear. This is yet another reason to reshoot the...
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The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and the stone awa bowl, 1919.
SEEING ONCE AGAIN THE MUSEUM AT KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL. Twenty years or more has past since I first saw exhibits of the antiquities of Hawaii nei and the tiny islands of Polynesia that are stored in that...
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Vital Statistics, 1913.
MARRIAGES. Gabriel Davison to Kaaea Kapaealii, January 13. Manuel J. Rodrigues to Leilehua Kamakea, January 13. Walter Franco to Miss Minnie Kekuewa, January 15. Frank J. Untermann to Emma N. D....
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A new park in town 1911.
A PLACE TO PLAY FOR THE CHILDREN. Because of the help and charity of the Bishop Estate [? hui o Bihopa ma], an empty lot at the corner of Beritania and Smith will become on the 1st of February, a...
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Death announcement for John W. Moanauli, 1913.
THE HONORABLE MOANAULI PASSES. He Grew Weary of this Life at His Daughter’s Place in Waikiki. After many months of his body growing thinner with sickness, the Honorable J. W. Moanauli passed away, this...
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Early movies of Hawaii, 1913.
THE PARADE ON WASHINGTON’S [BIRTH]DAY WILL BE FILMED Because there is a desire to have a movie of the parade on this upcoming birthday of Washington, a man famous for filming movies arrived aboard the...
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New library to open, 1913.
CEREMONY WILL OPEN PUBLIC LIBRARY All Invited to Attend Special Program Tomorrow Afternoon Governor Frear will be the first patron of the new Carnegie Library. He will receive Registration Card No. 1,...
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Vital Statistics, 1913.
MARRIAGES. Kaihe Kamalanai to Malaea Kaimana, January 18. Ernest George to Lucy Kahakuikaua, January 25. Peter Saloma to Rebecca Mahuka, January 27. BIRTHS. To John Manaku and Rose Iopa, a daughter,...
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“Early movies of Hawaii” follow up, 2012.
Mahalo to Connie Woyciesjes and Uluulu for their responses pertaining to the scenes shot by the “man famous for filming movies”! Perhaps this was R. K. Bonine as Connie suggests, but i am not sure why...
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Suicide in Kalawao, 1883.
HANGING IN KALAWAO. O Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, Aloha oe: I have something to report to you, and that is this: A man hung himself on the 21st of this June, in the jail here in Kalawao, at 2:25 p. m., and he...
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More from Puheemiki on C. Strawn in Kalawao, 1883.
THE NEWS OF KALAWAO The sun is shining; this wind is howling in the Koolau of Kalawao; their path lies to the west. These days, it is the first time the brows of the cliffs of the mountains have been...
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Things you can find on an internet search: Puheemiki and weather studies, 2011.
I did a search on William Puheemiki, Jr. on the internet, and one of the hits was this “JIMAR/Kawaihuelani Collaborative Research Project Weather-related articles from the Hawaiian Language Newspapers,...
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Man sent away from Queen’s Hospital, 1913.
REFUSED BY THE HOSPITAL AND DIED AT HIS HOME. In the afternoon of this past Saturday, a Hawaiian named Kalanaola was brought back at three o’clock, to the Queen’s Hospital to be treated, with a...
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