Cocoanut Island, Hawaii
This postcard shows a view of Coconut Island, with large stands of palm trees near a sandy beach. Just offshore rides a small outrigger canoe.
Comments and Context
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “A view on Cocoanut [sic] Island and also a fisherman in his little narrow canoe. These canoes are made out of the trunk of a small tree and are so narrow that they have to have this extension or rack on the side to keep the light canoe from upsetting and even with this attachment the natives are expert at handling the canoe.”