Christmas Past
December - January 2011
Postcard of Christmas dinner menu at Luke Field, Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, December 25, 1920. Photos from Bishop Museum Archives.
Fort Street (looking mauka from King Street). Photo from Bishop Museum Archives.
'Iolani Palace Christmas Celebration. Photo from Bishop Museum Archives.
Charity Christmas Event for Children, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Photo from Bishop Museum Archives.
Charity Christmas Event, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Photo from Bishop Museum Archives.
Surfin' Santa, 1950s. Photo from Bishop Museum Archives.
Duke Kahanamoku, who was once sheriff of Honolulu, celebrates the season with the visiting sheriff of Los Angeles. "Duke, Anita King McKenna (Sheriff of L.A.), Eugene B." Photo by Carters Camera at Royal Hawaiian Hotel, from the Kahanamoku Collection at the Bishop Museum Archives.
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Holiday Cheer of Yesteryear
IMAGES FROM BISHOP MUSEUM LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
Digging through archives of photos, one thing became very apparent: Hawai’i of yesteryear certainly spared no expense when holiday festivities arose. From Santa surfing into Waikiki and an exquisite Christmas Dinner menu, to Fort Street bedecked in tinsel, charity events for children and a tree in front of ‘Iolani Palace, Hawai’i was steeped in holiday merriment. Enjoy the trip down memory lane…
