[Beach at Waikiki] – Vintage Print
![[Beach at Waikiki], c1902. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3f/3f0c7b6c4952-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures [Beach at Waikiki] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Beach at Waikiki]
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Waikiki Beach in Honolulu is the setting here, shown in a long panoramic format that takes in the shoreline and the boats drawn up or drifting offshore. The print is a platinum print, a process prized for its soft tonal range and fine detail, and it was registered for copyright by Will Cowdell King on October 17, 1902. By then Waikiki was changing from a stretch of Hawaiian fishing and surfing ground into a destination for visitors, a shift that the hotels and tourist trade of the early 1900s would deepen. The wide frame makes it a useful record of how the shore looked during that transition.
| Created / published | c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : platinum ; 9.5 x 30 in. |
| Genre | Panoramic photographs.Platinum prints. |
| Notes | H23197 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Will Cowdell King; October 17, 1902; DLC/PP-1902:41703. Title derived from copyright deposit records. |
| Subjects | Boats. Beaches.United States--Hawaii--Honolulu. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,660 × 1,325 px · prints to 12 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-203963 |
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