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No. 6. View of Honolulu, from the Catholic church

No. 6. View of Honolulu, from the Catholic church

Views of homes and residences: Dr. Lathrop, Paki, Washington Place, John Ji, Judge Andrews, Mr. Bishop, Capt. Luce, Rev. Mr. Damon, Dr. Hildebrand, Dr. Judd, Capt. Makee, A.B. Bates, Mr. Wood, J.H. Wood, John L... More

No. 5. View of Honolulu, from the Catholic church

No. 5. View of Honolulu, from the Catholic church

Views of homes and residences: Mr. Boullion, Mr. Dudois, Capt. Snow, Mr. Cartwright, T. Spencer, J.C. Spalding, Dr. Ford, Capt. Crab, H. Sea, Dr. Newcomb, Dr. Wood, Mr. Sommer, Macfarlane, Porter & Ogden, Mrs. ... More

No. 3. View of Honolulu. From the Catholic church

No. 3. View of Honolulu. From the Catholic church

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and PAGA catalog cards. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Honolulu steamer, Ajax, Greenwich Street wharf, San Francisco

Honolulu steamer, Ajax, Greenwich Street wharf, San Francisco

Public domain photograph of a ship in San Francisco harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honolulu steamer Ajax unloading at Greenwich St. wharf, San Francisco

Honolulu steamer Ajax unloading at Greenwich St. wharf, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 321. LOT subdivision subject: Ships and river steamers. This record contains unverified old data f... More

Hawaii album, p. 17, views of Honolulu and other locations

Hawaii album, p. 17, views of Honolulu and other locations

Photographs show mostly scenes in Honolulu, Hawaii including a courthouse, ships and buildings. Also depicted are "Pali", a lava flow, "Kilauea by night," and Hanalei Kauai. Some images are reproductions of dra... More

Hawaii album, p. 16, Honolulu, Hilo, idol statues and landscapes

Hawaii album, p. 16, Honolulu, Hilo, idol statues and landscapes

Photographs show scenes in Hawaii including an overview of Honolulu, the crater of Kilauea, a waterfall, a lava field, Hilo, people near Diamond Head, and statues of idols. Some images are reproductions of draw... More

Hawaii album, p. 12, schools and other buildings

Hawaii album, p. 12, schools and other buildings

Photographs show schools and other buildings in Hawaii including a palace, the Queen's Hospital (Queen's Medical Center), the Royal School, Honolulu; post office, T. Spencer's house, a government school, a hote... More

Hawaii album, p. 13, buildings - Public domain historic place drawing

Hawaii album, p. 13, buildings - Public domain historic place drawing

Photographs show buildings in Hawaii including a temple ("Heiau") with stone figure statues, a theater, a store with sign "Dillingham & Co.", a mausoleum, Queen Emma's house, Wailuku sugar plantation, Kawaiahao... More

William Aeko. (Hawaiian.) / Franklin Co. Eng., Chi.

William Aeko. (Hawaiian.) / Franklin Co. Eng., Chi.

William Aeko, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Published by N.D. Thompson Pub. Co... More

[Japanese store, Honolulu] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Japanese store, Honolulu] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese residences, Honolulu, George Grantham Bain Collection

Japanese residences, Honolulu, George Grantham Bain Collection

George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 1669-4. Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Ku Tree Reservoir, Dam, Kalakoa Stream, East Range, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, HI

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Ku Tree Reservoir, Dam, Kalak...

Significance: The Ku Tree Reservoir dam is significant as a major element of the Ku Tree Reservoir and as a good example of a hydraulic earth-fill dam constructed in Hawaii during the period 1900-1940. Designe... More

Main St., Honolulu - Fancy goods

Main St., Honolulu - Fancy goods

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Main St., Honolulu - Fancy goods

Main St., Honolulu - Fancy goods

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Street looking towards hills, Honolulu

Street looking towards hills, Honolulu

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Stores on Fort Street, Honolulu, Hawaii]

[Stores on Fort Street, Honolulu, Hawaii]

George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 832. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pretty Hula Girls, Honolulu, Hawaii

Pretty Hula Girls, Honolulu, Hawaii

4 hula dancers in the crater of Punch Bowl Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Stangenwald Building, 115 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Stangenwald Building, 115 Merchant Street, ...

Significance: At six stories, the Stangenwald building was considered Hawaii's first skyscraper and one of the most prestigious addresses in Honolulu. It was functionally progressive, and its Beaux Arts classi... More

Boys diving, Honolulu / motion picture

Boys diving, Honolulu / motion picture

A large group of small boys stand on a pier, sillhouetted against the sky. In the distance, six large clipper ships can be seen at anchor. The boys jump and dive into the water, apparently to retrieve coins tha... More

[Waseda University Team from Japan, catcher J. Nagano and second baseman J. Kuji (baseball)]

[Waseda University Team from Japan, catcher J. Nagano and second basem...

J. Nagano and J. Kuji, baseball catchers, posed, standing, full-length, facing front. Bain News Service photograph. Title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Base... More

[Panorama of Waikiki beach and ocean, Honolulu, Hawaii]

[Panorama of Waikiki beach and ocean, Honolulu, Hawaii]

H50671 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Rice & Perkins, Honolulu. PR 6 CN 40 (Hawaii)

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Yokohama Specie Bank Building, 24-32 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Yokohama Specie Bank Building, 24-32 Mercha...

Significance: The Yokohama Specie Bank was the first Japanese bank to be established in the Hawaiian islands as a branch of Japan's premier banking establishment. This sophisticated Merchant Street structure r... More

Road to Waikiki, Honolulu - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Road to Waikiki, Honolulu - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Princess of Mauoa" float, floral fete, Honolulu

"Princess of Mauoa" float, floral fete, Honolulu

Three Hawaiians in car used as float in flower festival parade, Hawaii. No. 666-8. George Grantham Bain Collection.

Steamer loading sugar alongside dock in Honolulu, [Hawaiian Islands]; cargo capacity 12,000 tons. The small steamers are discharging sugar into large one.

Steamer loading sugar alongside dock in Honolulu, [Hawaiian Islands]; ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Float representing Fort Shafter, Floral Parade, Honolulu

Float representing Fort Shafter, Floral Parade, Honolulu

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old Hawaiian dwelling - float in Floral Parade, Honolulu

An old Hawaiian dwelling - float in Floral Parade, Honolulu

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Honolulu Oil Co., gelatin silver print

Honolulu Oil Co., gelatin silver print

J140529 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 28, 1910; DLC/PP-1910:44025. No. 572.

Float representing arrival of first missionary boat "Thaddeus", Floral Parade, Honolulu

Float representing arrival of first missionary boat "Thaddeus", Floral...

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Steamer loading sugar alongside dock in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands; cargo capacity 12,000 tons. The small steamers are discharging sugar into large one

Steamer loading sugar alongside dock in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands; ca...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Chinese baseball team, Honolulu

Chinese baseball team, Honolulu

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Float representing Fort Shafter, Floral Parade, Honolulu

Float representing Fort Shafter, Floral Parade, Honolulu

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

An old Hawaiian dwelling - float in Floral Parade, Honolulu

An old Hawaiian dwelling - float in Floral Parade, Honolulu

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, chariot, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Float representing arrival of first missionary boat "Thaddeus", Floral Parade, Honolulu

Float representing arrival of first missionary boat "Thaddeus", Floral...

Public domain photograph of parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinese baseball team, Honolulu

Chinese baseball team, Honolulu

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Date based on research by the Pictorial Hist... More

Honolulu - Chinese baseball club

Honolulu - Chinese baseball club

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honolulu festival--natives returning from water sports

Honolulu festival--natives returning from water sports

Natives carrying poles on beach, Honolulu, Hawaii. George Grantham Bain Collection.

The Port city of Honolulu,  Panoramic Photograph

The Port city of Honolulu, Panoramic Photograph

J180782 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R. W. Perkins; April 28, 1913; DLC/PP-1913:44590. Copyright claimant's address: Honolulu. No. 5

The port city of Honolulu,  Panoramic Photograph

The port city of Honolulu, Panoramic Photograph

J180781 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R. W. Perkins; April 28, 1913; DLC/PP-1913:44590. Copyright claimant's address: Honolulu. No. 4

Honolulu march, Ethnic music record label

Honolulu march, Ethnic music record label

Public domain scan of music disk label, pathephone record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maid of Honolulu - gramophone record disc label

Maid of Honolulu - gramophone record disc label

Public domain scan of a pathephone disc label, music recoding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Japs in Honolulu cheering emperor at a celebration

Japs in Honolulu cheering emperor at a celebration

Title transcribed from item. George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 3129-10.

My Honolulu hula girl record label, Victor records

My Honolulu hula girl record label, Victor records

Public domain photograph related to Victor Records, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Victor Records was one of the leading record labels of the early 20th century founded in 19... More

Vicror Records - Honolulu, America loves you. Record label

Vicror Records - Honolulu, America loves you. Record label

Public domain photograph related to Victor Records, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Victor Records was one of the leading record labels of the early 20th century founded in 19... More

Honolulu, Hawaii, Japanese and Chinese Workers

Honolulu, Hawaii, Japanese and Chinese Workers

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: 14th Division. On caption card: #24. On caption card: For mounted picture, see 14th Div. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General ... More

[Casket, visitors, and flowers in throne room, at funeral of Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii]

[Casket, visitors, and flowers in throne room, at funeral of Liliuokal...

J227283 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Edgeworth. Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Surgical Dressing's Unit led by Princess Kaloaniole

Surgical Dressing's Unit led by Princess Kaloaniole

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Group title: 14th Division. Used in: Ex. indef. Miss Stephenson. Gift; Ameri... More

Juniors in Hawaii - Public domain  photograph

Juniors in Hawaii - Public domain photograph

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Group title: 14th Division. Used in: Ex. indef. Miss Stephenson. Gift; Ameri... More

Statue of Kamehameha in the Palace grounds, Honolulu, Hawaii

Statue of Kamehameha in the Palace grounds, Honolulu, Hawaii

Stereograph showing two boys standing in front of gate outside of palace; statue of King Kamehameha in background. J238941 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 10165.

Chinese and Japanese youngsters in Junior Division American Red Cross Parade at Honolulu

Chinese and Japanese youngsters in Junior Division American Red Cross ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Group title: 14th Division. Used in: Ex. indef. Miss Stephenson. Gift; Ameri... More

3000 women march in Red Cross parade at Honolulu

3000 women march in Red Cross parade at Honolulu

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Group title: 14th Division. Used in: Ex. indef. Miss Stephenson. Gift; Ameri... More

[Two natives with outrigger canoes at shoreline, Honolulu, Hawaii]

[Two natives with outrigger canoes at shoreline, Honolulu, Hawaii]

J253786 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of a small watercraft, canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Surf riders, Honolulu / CWB.

Surf riders, Honolulu / CWB.

Five surfers riding waves. K147724 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed with monogram: CWB; titled on block, and also signed in red pencil at bottom left.

[Edward, Duke of Windsor, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, in rowboat (scull?) at Waikiki Beach, Honolulu]

[Edward, Duke of Windsor, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facin...

J241030 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to fashion, mode, women clothing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Red Cross life-savers at Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii. Left to right: John D. Kaukiko; Duke Kahanamoku, champion; Com. W.E. Longfellow, ARC of Washington D.C.; David Kahanamoku, life guard

Red Cross life-savers at Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii. Left to right: Joh...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Mr. Lo[ngfellow] Data: All Divisions, May 1920. Group title: First Aid, U.S. ... More

Red Cross recreation room, Tripler General Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii

Red Cross recreation room, Tripler General Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: 14th. Div. Data: Ex. Indef. 14th. Div. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and... More

[Hawaiian canoe in Honolulu harbor]

[Hawaiian canoe in Honolulu harbor]

J253843 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.J. Williams, Honolulu, Hawaii. Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Survey number: HABS HI-526 Building/structure dates: 1922 Initial Construction

Washington Place, Laundry, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Washington Place, Laundry, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honol...

Survey number: HABS HI-6-B Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000666

Home Hygiene, Hawaii. Students in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick, Kamehameha School for Girls, Honolulu, Hawaii

Home Hygiene, Hawaii. Students in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick, K...

Title information from negative sleeve. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Pharmacists' Garage Type, First Street near Kean Road, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Phar...

Significance: These garages are associated with the naval hospital housing complex at Hospital Point. They are stylistically compatible with the bungalow-style residences in the neighborhood. Survey number: H... More

Watch on the Pacific, Diamond Head, Hawaii

Watch on the Pacific, Diamond Head, Hawaii

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hawaiian Electric Company, 900 Richards Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hawaiian Electric Company, 900 Richards Street, Honolulu, Honolulu Cou...

Survey number: HABS HI-527 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Junior Officers' Garage, First Street west of Hospital Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Juni...

Significance: This structure is associated with the naval hospital complex at Hospital Point. It is stylistically compatible with the bungalow/Craftsman style residences of Facilities 364 & 365. Survey number... More

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Honolulu Police Station, 842 Bethel Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Honolulu Police Station, 842 Bethel Street,...

Significance: The Honolulu Police Station building is the second such structure to occupy the site, replacing the 1886 building. This later structure represents the police department's growth and reputation. ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ammunition Wharf Type, Water's edge at north end of installation, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ammunition Wharf Type, Water's edge at ...

The name was changed from Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Ammunition Wharf Type to U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ammunition Type Wharf to more accurately reflect its name. Significance: These struc... More

Makiki Christian Church, 829 Pensacola Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Makiki Christian Church, 829 Pensacola Street, Honolulu, Honolulu Coun...

Survey number: HABS HI-533 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction

Two dollars a mile on China airmail. PMG James A. Farley, left, receives a bid from Warren Juan Trippe, President of Pan American Airways, for $2 a mile for an 800 pound loan of mail from San Francisco to China. The route is via Honolulu and Manila covering 16,000 miles. 10/21/35

Two dollars a mile on China airmail. PMG James A. Farley, left, receiv...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

G.M. Clemence Ast. Astronomer file records from the reorder. On the right is the time signal transmitting clock connected by direct wire to Arlington and Annapolis. All signals are broadcast from there and also from San Francisco to Honolulu and Balboa

G.M. Clemence Ast. Astronomer file records from the reorder. On the ri...

Public domain photograph of building interior, office, room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honolulu, Diamond Head and palms

Honolulu, Diamond Head and palms

View of bay with palms on the left and Diamond Head in the background, Oahu, Hawaii. J18290 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Sawyers.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS THE SCHIFF TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 14. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTED THE SCHIFF TROPHY FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY IN NAVAL AVIATION OPERATIONS TO THE SEVENTH PATROL SQUADRON WHICH OPERATED 4,903 HOURS IN THE AIR FROM ITS SAN DIEGO BASE LAST YEAR WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. DURING THE PERIOD OF COMPETITION, THE UNIT WAS KNOWN AS SQUADRON SEVEN, COMMANDED BY LT. COMMANDER SILAS B. MOORE WHO IS NOW STATIONED IN HONOLULU. BUT SINCE HAS BEEN REDESIGNATED AS SQUADRON ELEVEN, NOW COMMANDED BY LT. COMMANDER FRANK T. WARD, JR., WHO ACCEPTED THE TROPHY FROM THE PRESIDENT. L TO R: LT. COMMANDER FRANK T. WARD; WILLIAM SCHIFF, DONOR OF THE TROPHY; ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY CHARLES EDISON; ADMIRAL WILLIAM R. STARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS; ADMIRAL J.H. TOWERS, CHIEF OF NAVAL AIR CORPS; AND WALTER C. BRYAN OF THE TROPHY COMMITTEE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS SEATED

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS THE SCHIFF TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBE...

Public domain photograph related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinese-Americans get officer rank. Camp Barkeley, Texas, The first Chinese-Americans to be commissioned second lieutenants in the Medical Administrative Corps Officer Candidate School have received their bars at this Army center. The men are Calvin S. Chin, 28, of New York City, and Anthony Loo Wung Wong, 25 of Honolulu, Hawaii. Lieutenants Chin and Wong are now members of the Medical Department Officer's Replacement Pool at Camp Barkeley. Lieutenant Chin, native New Yorker, is the son of Me On Chin 35 Pell Street. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York and was in the restaurant business before entering the Army. Serving first as an enlisted man, Chin next became Staff Sergeant assigned to a Medical Battalion at Camp Youn, California. Lieutenant Wong came from Hawaii to the United States for part of his education, and graduated from St. Louis College, Missouri, in 1934. Returning to Honolulu, he graduated from the Cannon School of Business and went to work for the Hawaiian Electric Company. Before entering the Officer Candidate School, Wong served in the Hawaiian National Guard

Chinese-Americans get officer rank. Camp Barkeley, Texas, The first Ch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Irene Farias, who was queen of the Saint Jude Society of San Lorenzo, and her maids visit the Holy Ghost Festival at Novato, California. Miss Farias' mother was born in Portugal, her father in Honolulu

Irene Farias, who was queen of the Saint Jude Society of San Lorenzo, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Recording room of the New York Times newspaper. Overseas shortwave telephone operators receive messages from Berne, Switzerland, and Honolulu. Other places have been cut off since the war

New York, New York. Recording room of the New York Times newspaper. Ov...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Japanese-American volunteers. Our new combat soldiers. Here they are--nearly 3,000 new American soldiers of Japanese ancestry--assembled at Oilani Palace grounds, Honolulu, for the farewell ceremony honoring them en masse. The new soldiers marched from the railroad station to the palace ground for the ceremony which was sponsored by a chamber of commerce committee in cooperation with territorial and army officials

Japanese-American volunteers. Our new combat soldiers. Here they are--...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese-American volunteers. Alumnus of Purdue University, Charles R. Yokochi, thirty-one, of Makaweli, Kauai, was one of the first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers in the territory to take his physical examination when he went up with other registrants of ocal board no. 2, Lihue Armory. Tokochi was at Purdue from 1931 to 1935 and served two years in the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) artillery corps there. He had previously attended the University of Hawaii for one year and was a member of the ROTC there too. Formerly with the Honolulu City and County Bureau of Plans and Board of Water Supply, Yokochi was employed on Kauai as superintendent by the Nawiliwili Transportation Company

Japanese-American volunteers. Alumnus of Purdue University, Charles R....

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Japanese-American volunteers. Our new combat soldiers. Here they are--nearly 3,000 new American soldiers of Japanese ancestry--assembled at Oilani Palace grounds, Honolulu, for the farewell ceremony honoring them en masse. The new soldiers marched from the railroad station to the palace ground for the ceremony which was sponsored by a chamber of commerce committee in cooperation with territorial and army officials

Japanese-American volunteers. Our new combat soldiers. Here they are--...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information.... More

Mrs. Sophie Deneby of Honolulu is shown sending a pattern while John Popanich, apprentice moulder, and Frank Chiaco, pattern maker, discuss the blue prints of a pattern. Both civil service workers are from Pennsylvania

Mrs. Sophie Deneby of Honolulu is shown sending a pattern while John P...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Officers Quarters Mess, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Officers Quarters Mess, Ford I...

Significance: Building No. 239 is rated a Category 3 historical building. A Category 3 building is defined as only of minor importance to the historic character of Pearl Harbor. Building No. 239 is located wi... More

Melcher's Building, 51-55 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Melcher's Building, 51-55 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, ...

Significance: The Melcher's building is one of Honolulu's oldest extant buildings and one of the first commercial structures in downtown Honolulu constructed in a material other than wood. Its coral stone bloc... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Recreational Facilities, Various locations throughout base, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Recreational Facilities, Various locati...

Significance: These structures are significant as part of the build up of the Navy base prior to and during WWII. Many of the structures have been used continuously for similar purposes since construction, prov... More

Washington Place, Garage, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Washington Place, Garage, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolu...

Survey number: HABS HI-6-A Building/structure dates: 1949 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000666

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, T. R. Foster Building, 902 Nuuanu Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, T. R. Foster Building, 902 Nuuanu Street, H...

Significance: The T.R. Foster building was commissioned by the Inter-Island Steamship Navigation Company, one of the most successful steamship companies of the late nineteenth century, as a memorial to its foun... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Makalapa Support Facilities, Makalapa Administration Area, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Makalapa Support Facilities, Makalapa A...

Significance: The Makalapa Administrative area facilities are significant for their support during WWII of the headquarters of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet. Facility 250 is t... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Waikele Branch, Guard-Watch Tower Type, On ridge above Tunnel C-11, on Prime Road on ridge above Tunnel B-5, & on ridge above Tunnel D-14, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Waikele Branch, Guard-Watch Tower Type, On r...

Significance: These structures serve as excellent examples of military construction, and have served a significant role at the base since their completion. Survey number: HABS HI-263

Board of Water Supply Building, 630 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Board of Water Supply Building, 630 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, ...

Survey number: HABS HI-534 Building/structure dates: 1958 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Building, Kuahua Peninsula, West of Jarvis Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Building, Kuahua Peninsu...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. 468A functioned as part of the Pearl H... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Surgeons' Garage, Intersection of Service Road & driveway behind First Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Surg...

Significance: This structure is associated with the naval hospital housing complex at Hospital Point. It is stylistically compatible with the Craftsman-Style residences of Facilities 301 & 302, and was built a... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Railroad Tracks, Various locations, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Railroad Tracks, Various l...

Significance: These railroad tracks are all that remain of an extensive system of tracks that would deliver ammunition to and from the branch at West Loch to the main branch at Lualualei, and allowed ammunition... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Carport Type with Central Storage Rooms, Various locations throughout housing area, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Carport Ty...

Significance: The carports are important elements in the overall neighborhood because their repetition and siting, together with the housing and landscaping, provides a unity and variety that contributes to the... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Operational Storage-Ammo Rework Building, Seventeenth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Operational Storage-Amm...

Significance: The building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the 1930s, and is significant as part of the initial base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-246

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Swimming Pool Filtration System Shed, Oakley Road & Cromwell Circle, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Swimming Pool Filtration System Shed, O...

Survey number: HAER HI-25-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000940

Aliamanu Valley Community for military family housing, Honolulu, HI

Aliamanu Valley Community for military family housing, Honolulu, HI

Photograph shows drawing with view of buildings nestled on the crater floor. Building façade is finished in wood. Client: US Government, Corps of Engineers. Title, date, and creator based on information provid... More

Sheraton Moana Hotel, Waikiki's first hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii

Sheraton Moana Hotel, Waikiki's first hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Shangri La, home of American philanthropist Doris Duke, Honolulu, Hawaii

Shangri La, home of American philanthropist Doris Duke, Honolulu, Hawa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Splinterproof Air Raid Shelters, Various locations throughout base, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Splinterproof Air Raid Shelters, Variou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hotels and other high-rise buildings on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii

Hotels and other high-rise buildings on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawai...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

'Iolani Palace, in the capitol district of downtown Honolulu, Hawaii

'Iolani Palace, in the capitol district of downtown Honolulu, Hawaii

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. 'Iolani is the only royal palace in the U.S. used as an... More

[Shangra-La is the Honolulu, Hawaii, home of American philanthropist Doris Duke]

[Shangra-La is the Honolulu, Hawaii, home of American philanthropist D...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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