Historic Photos of Honolulu
From the outrigger canoes of Waikiki to the tall ships of Honolulu Harbor, from the Kingdom of Hawaii to statehood, the history of Honolulu has played out against a backdrop of uncommon natural beauty. Home to the only royal residence on American soil, Honolulu witnessed in less than a century’s time the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, the rise of the powerful sugar barons, and the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. Yet through the good times and bad always this unique port city has offered an easygoing, welcoming spirit, to go with the warm trade winds and soft ocean swells for which Honolulu is world famous.
Historic Photos of Honolulu presents nearly 200 images from the later years of the Hawaiian kingdom to the early years of the fiftieth state. Reproduced in vivid black and white, the photos in this volume show the city’s evolution and change, yet with a sense of its uncommon beauty ever present.
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Book details
- Author
- Clifford Kapono
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
History › Oceania - Topics
- Hawaii history · historical photography · black-and-white photos · Hawaiian monarchy · Pearl Harbor · island life · American cities
- ISBN-13
- 9781684420360
About the author
CLIFFORD KAPONO is the author of two books on Honolulu history. His books include Remembering Honolulu and Historic Photos of Honolulu.
Kapono’s Historic Photos of Honolulu won the Hawaii Historical Society Preservation Award in 2009. He completed undergraduate work at San Francisco State University, graduate school at Tuck at Dartmouth College, and post-graduate work at Krasnoyarsk State University.
When not writing, Kapono teaches at public and private schools on the Big Island of Hawaii and pursues an interest in improving healthcare for the native Hawaiian community. This engagement with Hawaiian life and history shapes his work documenting Honolulu.
Clifford lives in Hawaii.