259 results for "postcards"

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Hawaiians - Hula Dancers

• Series: PP • Box #: 32 • Folder #: 8 • Image #: 001 • Title: Hawaiians - Hula Dancers • Description: [postcard]; The Royal Hula-hula dancing girls were a feature of olden days in Hawaiʻi. The Hula-hula is acting out by gestures and movements the ideas expressed by the song which accompany them. The time is marked by striking on gourds of hokeo and in some instances these dancers are in honor of the Gods or chief as the alaapa-apa. The professional hula dancers are devotees of the Goddess Laka. The dancers are generally women, though children are sometimes engaged in the less objectionable dances and men act as buffoons between the acts; Published by Hawaiʻi and South Seas Curio Company, Honolulu; [from the front]: Hula Dancers, Honolulu • Photo Credit: Hawaiʻi and South Seas Curio • Display Date: undated • Contributed Metadata: Description: Colored postcard Keywords: Hula Title: Hula dancers. Date: 19th century
  • Level: Record
  • ID: ark:70111/1Dhm
  • Reference: PP-32-8-001
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King St., Honolulu.

• Call Number: PP-39-3-008 • Collection Abbreviation: PP • Box #: 39 • Folder #: 3 • Image #: 008 • Title: King St., Honolulu. • Description: In right foreground is Bishop Trust Co. and Hawaiian Trust Co. on right. Waikiki trolley in foreground. Black and White postcard. • Date: 1937-1941 • Photographer: Crabb, Roy F., d. 1966 / Kodak Hawaii
  • Level: Record
  • ID: ark:70111/0fJr
  • Reference: PP-39-3-008
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Cattle - Shipping

• Series: PP • Box #: 13 • Folder #: 7 • Image #: 017 • Title: Cattle - Shipping • Description: [from the front]: H-1084 Loading Cattle - Kawaihae; postcard original withdrawn 2/11/89 • From Collection: Jean Hobbs Collection • Received Date: 1978 • Negative Number: 1990.164 • Negative Size: 4x5 • Display Date: undated • Contributed Metadata: Title: Cattle - Shipping
  • Level: Record
  • ID: ark:70111/1Db6
  • Reference: PP-13-7-017
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Hawaiians: Poi Pounding

• Series: PPWD • Box #: 7 • Folder #: 6 • Image #: 001 • Title: Hawaiians: Poi Pounding • Description: [postcard]; Native Preparing Poi; Poi is the staple food of the Hawaiians made from the TARO plant. This vegetable is cultivated very extensively on all the islands of the Hawaiian group.; [correspondence noted] • Photo Credit: Island Curio Company • Contributed Metadata: Title: Hawaiians - Pounding Poi
  • Level: Record
  • ID: ark:70111/1xqL
  • Reference: PPWD-7-6-001
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Railroads

• Series: PP • Box #: 88 • Folder #: 3 • Image #: 003 • Title: Railroads • Description: [postcard]; Pioneer Mill Co., "Launiupoko"; [from the front]: S-660. Hauling Sugar Cane. Hawaiian Islands • Photo Credit: Kodak Hawaii Ltd. • Gift Of: Egerer, J. W. • Display Date: circa 1930 • Start Date: 01/01/1929 • End Date: 12/31/1931
  • Level: Record
  • ID: ark:70111/2jnl
  • Reference: PP-88-3-003
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Buildings, Public: Y.M.C.A.

• Series: PP • Box #: 13 • Folder #: 3 • Image #: 004 • Title: Buildings, Public: Y.M.C.A. • Description: Richards Street, 1937-1941; [postcard] • Photo Credit: Crabb, Roy R. • Display Date: circa 1937 - 1941 • Start Date: 01/01/1937 • End Date: 12/31/1941 • Contributed Metadata: Title: Buildings-Public-YMCA
  • Level: Record
  • ID: ark:70111/1D6D
  • Reference: PP-13-3-004
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Honolulu, City

• Series: PP • Box #: 38 • Folder #: 9 • Image #: 005 • Title: Honolulu, City • Description: 185. Street Scene, Honolulu; c. 1911; The streets of Honolulu with the kaleidoscopic crowds composed of many nationalities: the beautiful public buildings and the well-dressed and happy people is a feature of life in Hawaii not easily forgotten. No beggars are to be found and everybody smiles in Honolulu. THe most modern street car and lighting service in the world, the finest hotels and an up-to-date business life is to be had in this paradise of the Pacific. [other unrelated info written on back]; [postcard] • Photo Credit: Hawaii & South Seas Curio Company • Display Date: circa 1911 • Start Date: 01/01/1910 • End Date: 12/31/1912 • Contributed Metadata: Description: M.A. Gunst & Co. on Ewa corner and First National Bank on Waikiki corner. Colored postcard. Keywords: Honolulu Title: Fort St. from King St., Honolulu. Date: ca. 1911
  • Level: Record
  • ID: ark:70111/1Dtq
  • Reference: PP-38-9-005
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Ship docked in Honolulu Harbor at bottom of Bishop St.

• Call Number: PP-39-3-004 • Collection Abbreviation: PP • Box #: 39 • Folder #: 3 • Image #: 004 • Title: Ship docked in Honolulu Harbor at bottom of Bishop St. • Description: Dillingham Transportation Bldg. immediate left and Hawaiian Electric plant beyond. Black and white postcard. • Date: 1937-1941 • Photographer: Crabb, Roy F., d. 1966
  • Level: Record
  • ID: ark:70111/0fJl
  • Reference: PP-39-3-004
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Railroads

• Series: PP • Box #: 88 • Folder #: 3 • Image #: 002 • Title: Railroads • Description: [postcard]; Pioneer Mill Co. Lahaina, Maui; "Launiu poko"; [from the front]: S-660. Hauling Sugar Cane. Hawaiian Islands • Photo Credit: Kodak Hawaii Ltd. • Gift Of: Egerer, J. W. • Display Date: circa 1930 • Start Date: 01/01/1929 • End Date: 12/31/1931
  • Level: Record
  • ID: ark:70111/2jnk
  • Reference: PP-88-3-002
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Ships - Steamships Matson Lurline

• Series: PP • Box #: 103 • Folder #: 5 • Image #: 002 • Title: Ships - Steamships Matson Lurline • Description: S.S. Lurline; [postcard]; Greeting a Liner . . . when the popular SS Lurline arrives periodically in Hawaii it is a gala occasion for all Honolulu. • Photo Credit: Fern, Stewart (1913-2001); Hawaiian Service • Received Date: 1,951 • Negative Number: 1989.047 • Negative Size: 4x5 • Display Date: undated
  • Level: Record
  • ID: ark:70111/1DDx
  • Reference: PP-103-5-002