Beach at Waikiki, Hawaii, 1902 – Vintage Photo Print
(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.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Beach at Waikiki, Hawaii, 1902. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: [Beach at Waikiki]
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Beach at Waikiki, Hawaii, 1902
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Waikiki in 1902 was still a low, mostly open shoreline just east of Honolulu, where the Territory of Hawaii was taking shape after the United States annexed the islands in 1898 and organized the territory in 1900. Sugar remained the economic engine of the islands, and the port of Honolulu handled the ships that carried its crops and brought in goods and visitors. Waikiki's appeal was already drawing outsiders: the Moana Hotel had opened on the beach in 1901, and it served a steady stream of tourists arriving by steamer. Residents of Honolulu, many of them descended from Native Hawaiians and the plantation workers who came from Asia and Portugal, would have known the strand as a place of fishing, swimming, and royal memory, even as its character was shifting toward a resort.
| Created / published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Creator | king, will cowdell |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Hawaii |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,217 × 1,525 px · prints to 17 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Beach at Waikiki] |
| Reference | HI Beach at Waikiki 1902 |
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