Picking pineapples, Hawaii – Historic 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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Picking pineapples, Hawaii
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Pineapple picking in Hawaii in 1937 was a central part of the islands' farm economy, which by then was dominated by large plantation companies. The fruit was grown in long rows across the islands and harvested by hand, with workers cutting ripe pineapples from the plant and loading them for transport to canneries. The Library of Congress catalogs this print under Hawaii agriculture and pineapples, and the scene offers a clear view of the field work that supported the territory's major export industry at the time.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Hawaii--Agriculture; Fruit--Pineapples. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,229 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141105 |
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