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Shark attack on land, 1917.
[Found under: “Nuhou Kuloko”] Bitten by a shark while it was being carried on a car to take to Honolulu to be sold was Carl Nakuina, a worker at the Kalihi Poi Factory. (Aloha Aina, 8/24/1917, p....
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Carl Nakuina’s shark attack news spreads far to Utah, 1917.
SHARK IN AUTO BITES CAPTOR HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 30 (by mail).—Honolulu has probably the only man who was ever bitten by a shark in an automobile. If the sentence appears confused, it is nevertheless...
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Hala exhibit coming to the Bishop Museum, 2015.
It seems that the Museum is having an exhibit on weaving starting the end of this week. Maybe go check it out if you are on Oahu. The beauty and significance of hala is woven throughout our history and...
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Far reaching influence of Hawaiian lauhala, 1911.
[Found in: M. McInerny, Ltd. advertisement] MENS STRAWS Baltimore is headquarters for the finest grade of straw braids for hats for men and boys. Even lauhala from Hawaii is sent to Baltimore to be...
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Lauhala anyone? 1916.
ANNOUNCEMENT To everyone who is holding on to lauhala from Hawaii to Niihau; please tell the person whose name appears below by letter. I want lauhala, but give me notice by letter. J. K. MOKUMAIA...
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Tourism and the revival of lauhala, 1936.
Tourist Business In Hawaii Booms As Result Of Publicity An influx of visitors to the Hawaiian islands during the past few years has revived many of the interesting traditions and practices of Old...
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Lauhala weaving revival, 1936.
ANCIENT HAWAII ART REVIVAL Kona District to Supply Lauhala Articles to Hawaiian Village At Waikiki George P. Mossman, of the Hawaiian Village at Waikiki, who has been spending some time on the Big...
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Bags to ship sugar to be woven of lauhala or akaakai? 1873.
Wanted. Here is something that is much sought after by the producers of sugar. Bags that are woven with strips [ko-ana] of bulrush [akaakai] or lauahala perhaps, to put brown sugar [ko-paa eleele] in...
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Papale fame to reach New York, 1906.
Hawaiian Hats for New York. A question which has long puzzled the friends of the Hawaiian people has been how to provide, for the ones who wish to work, suitable occupations. Critics of the Hawaiian...
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Stanford University Hawaii Club, 1905.
LEIS AT STANFORD AN INTERESTING SOCIETY FORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY AT PALO ALTO—LEIS OF ROSES AND SCORE CARDS OF LAUHALA AT A CARD PARTY OF THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE ISLANDS. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April...
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Hawaiian influence in music and fashion, 1917.
IN THE MOMENTS’ MODES Her Hawaiian Hat IF WE listen to fashion authorities today we are convinced that harmony is just important to millinery as it is to music, and its influence prevails in both...
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Fashion setting, 1901.
[Found in an advertisement for Hale’s Good Goods store in San Francisco] In ready-to-wear hats We are showing now a splendid variety of chic, nobby styles. This imitation of the Hawaiian hat, bound...
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Hawaiian-based? fashion in New York, 1921.
[Found under: “Maison Fashion Offers These Eight Appealing Suggestions For Miss Manhattan’s Everyday Wardrobe For the Coming Spring and Summer”] This cool-looking ripply-ruffly frock of white crepe de...
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Papale styled after hale? 1902.
HATS AND HABITATIONS. Theory of Relation Between Houses and Headgear Expounded by an Architect. “Hats and Houses” was the subject of a novel 20-minute illustrated talk lately given by Edgar Allen Poe...
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Woven calabash just like one made of wood! 1877.
[Found under: “NA ANOAI.”] We were at a birthday party in the uplands of Kalihi on last week Thursday. We admired how well supplied the table was spread, and from among the beautiful things on the...
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Revival of the lauhala hat, 1919.
Lauhala Hat May Reign Once More When the Hilo Ad Club visited Honolulu in Territorial Fair week, they all wore lauhala hats, which a few years ago were worn almost exclusively by Hawaii’s male...
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Kilipaki and lauhala hats in Honolulu, 1903.
LAUHALA HATS SCARCE WHEN GILBERTESE LEAVE HONOLULU Art of Hat Making is Falling Into Decadence Among the Hawaiians and Was Chief Industry Among the South Sea Islanders. GILBERT ISLANDERS’ SETTLEMENT....
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Bishop Museum hala exhibit, 2015.
Did anyone get to check out the opening for the hala exhibit at the Bishop Museum today? I didn’t make it. Any impressions, positive or negative? What were you hoping you would see but did not? What...
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“King of the Cannibal Islands,” 1830 / 1872.
By 1830 at least, there was a mocking ballad called “King of the Cannibal Islands” that was popular in the United Kingdom (as seen in newspaper advertisements for various concerts). Click here for...
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“Queen of the Cannibal Islands,” 1894.
A Tale for the Nursery. Beyond the green Pacific shore, Westward, 2,000 miles, or more, Dwelt a lady-monarch, with griefs galore— The queen of the Cannibal Islands. Some people describe her as “fair,”...
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