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Kamehameha School for Girls, 50th Anniversary, 1944.
50th ANNIVERSARY STORY¹ By Betty Yim Featuring the education of the Hawaiian people from early times up to the present day, an historical pageant of authenticly staged scenes with more than 100...
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A birthday, a name song, and never knowing where you will find information,...
[Found in the story: “He Moolelo Kaao No Kamapuaa.”] Ia wahine hele la o Kaiona, Wahine hahai alualu Wailiula, Pua Ohai o ke Kaha, Uhane kui pua lei o Kamau-a, Uumi ia iho ke aloha o ke kane, Ua...
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Transfer of treasures of the National Museum to the Bishop Museum, 1891.
SLIPPING AWAY. Barring any obstacles, during some of the days of this week, the location of the artifacts housed in the National Museum Office at Aliiolani Hale will be transferred to the Bishop Museum...
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Bishop Museum, 1891.
NOTICE. THE BISHOP MUSEUM IS NOT open to the public until the arrangement of the collections is completed, of which due notice will be given; and until then visitors cannot be admitted. W. T. BRIGHAM,...
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New exhibit at Bishop Museum, 2014.
Check out the new exhibit at the Museum commemorating the very beginnings of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in 1889.¹ Take your parents, and aunties and uncles, and your children, and take a walk...
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Hawaiian Women’s Association, 1940.
BITS OF NEWS FROM HAMAKUA AND KOHALA Mrs. Reinhardt The meeting of the Hawaiian Women’s Association [Hui o na Wahine Hawaii] in the reception room of the Honokaa Union Church [Halepule Uniona] in the...
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Te Rangi Hiroa in Honokaa, 1940.
[Found under: “HUNAHUNA MEA HOU HAMAKUA AME KOHALA”] In the evening of this coming Monday, Dr. Buck will appear at the Honokaa CHURCH, and he will speak to those who come on the topic of THE WAY OF...
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J. N. Woods’ store, Hilo, 1906.
YOU CAN FIND AN ENTIRE LINE OF Hawaiian Music that tug at and move the heart $10.00 for a dozen $10.00 COLUMBIA 10 INCHES CIRCUMFERENCE 60 cents for a single song Suits for Men and Children at prices...
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43rd birthday of John Kekipi Maia, 1922.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF THE KAHU OF KE ALAULA O KA MALAMALAMA. REV. JOHN KEKIPI MAIA. On Thursday the 13th of this month of April, held was a service to commemorate the birthday of Rev. John Kekipi K....
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Churches in town, 1856.
PLACES OF WORSHIP. SEAMEN’S BETHEL—Rev. S. C. Damon Chaplain—King street, near the Sailors’ Home. Preaching on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7½ P. M. Seats free. Sabbath School after the morning services....
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Peter C. Beamer’s store on Front Street, 1906.
Telephone Apparatus REASONABLE COSTS PAID MONTHLY HAWAIIAN MUSIC BIRD GUNS, $8.50 to $16.00. RIFLES, $5.50 to $18.50 Gun accessories of all sorts. REMEMBER This is The One Shop on this Island that...
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Escaped coconut crab, 1877.
[Found under: “NA ANOAI.”] Last we we were shown by Kalua, a coconut-eating crab, which he found in the yard of the Senior Alii C. Kanaina, in a deep hole dug into the earth. Its whole appearance is...
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Coconut crab in Hawaii, 1897.
[Found under: “LOCAL BREVITIES”] Willie Nott is the proud possessor of one large coconut crab and four hermit crabs, and he is at a loss to know what to do with them. (Pacific Commercial Advertiser,...
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Robert K. Bonine film, 1921.
Leper Settlement is Shown in New Aspect An attractive and unusual film of scenes from the Molokai settlement has been displayed to a party of friends by Robert K. Bonine, Honolulu photographer and...
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Louis Haagen to Kalaupapa, 1921.
ASKS CITIZENSHIP AND DEPARTS FOR KALAUPAPA Louis Haagen, a Catholic brother, has declared in the office of the clerk of the United States district court his intention of becoming an American citizen....
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Christmas tree at Iolani Palace, 1910.
CHRISTMAS TREE LADEN WITH PRESENTS THE FOREIGN CHRISTMAS TREE Children lined up before the Executive Building to Receive Presents. The Visitors along with the Children were Drenched in the Falling Rain...
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Christmas tree at Iolani Palace, cont’d, 1910.
CHILDREN WAITING TO RECEIVE PRESENTS. CHRISTMAS TREE LADEN WITH PRESENTS. (Continued for Page One.) …two years ago, after discussion, they decided that it would be a fine thing to give presents to the...
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More images from the Christmas tree at Iolani Palace, 1910.
THE MALIHINI CHRISTMAS TREE. WATCHING AND WAITING. SANTA CLAUS. [It is interesting to note that many of the digital images found on Chronicling America from Hawaii newspapers have much clearer...
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One more Christmas scene from Honolulu nei, 1910.
Flowers and Evergreen for Christmas—Honolulu Street Scene. J. J. WILLIAMS HONOLULU, H. I. GAZETTE PHOTO ENG. [I just realized now that this is a reused picture. It appears earlier in Kuokoa, 3/11/1904,...
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The amazing cases of Sheriff Samuel Kaholookalani Pua, 1914.
SHERIFF SAMUEL K. PUA, THE FAMED DETECTIVE OF THE ISLAND OF KEAWE HIS AMAZING WORK OVER THESE PAST YEARS HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE A “PROUD LEI FOR THE PEOPLE TO WEAR FOR ALL TIMES.” [This is the...
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