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Hawaiian Band, Honolulu

Hawaiian Band, Honolulu

Colorized postcard showing a band in Honolulu, Hawaii. The band members are wearing white uniforms with colored leis and are standing in rows, holding their instruments. Several individuals watch from the grass in the background.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Ceylon Sea Shore

Ceylon Sea Shore

This postcard shows a view of a beach near Colombo, Ceylon. Four people walk towards the camera, while behind the beach is lined with palm trees. Charles C. Myers says that these beaches compare closely with those at Honolulu, Hawaii.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Showing the beach and cocoanut [sic] trees near Colombo.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Moanalulu, near Honolulu

Moanalulu, near Honolulu

Postcard showing a panoramic view of cultivated farmland.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Moanalulu is the estate of Hon. S. M. Damon and situated in a beautiful valley near Honolulu and one of the principal sight seeing places of the island. This shows pineapple fields and in the distant are the banana fields.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Cutting sugar cane, T. H.

Cutting sugar cane, T. H.

Postcard showing agricultural laborers harvesting sugar cane.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “There are also large plantations of sugar cane near Honolulu and a visit to the large sugar mills is one of much interest.”

 

Punch Bowl from Pacific Heights, Honolulu, T. W.

Punch Bowl from Pacific Heights, Honolulu, T. W.

Postcard showing a panoramic view of a landscape with cultivated farmland near the foreground and a large bowl-shaped crater rising above in the background.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Punch Bowl which is an extinct volcano. I climbed up on the farther side of the hill and walked around the edge of the crater. The Punch Bowl is about half a mile high but it looks low here because the picture was taken from Pacific Heighta (sic), another point as high as the Punch Bowl. This old volcano takes its name from its shape. This crater is about half mile across and the center is about 100ft lower than the sides making a big basin called the Punch Bowl. There are forests and trees of considerable size growing in this crater and many houses also are there, this volcano having been extinct for several hundred years.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Nuuanu Pali, Honolulu

Nuuanu Pali, Honolulu

Postcard showing a dirt road on a mountainside. A cart with two passengers visible on the road. 

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This beautiful mountain scenery is only a half hours walk from the city of Honolulu. I walked out this road one afternoon and keeping on around to the left I soon was climbing up the side of the [end of account]”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection