Bits of News from a Hundred Years Ago.
In many of the Hawaiian language newspapers, there was a column of short news items of all sorts: descriptions of neighborhood parties, the latest weather, fundraiser announcements, and who took whom to court and for what.
Business Advertisements.
Just as advertisements are sought after by newspapers today to help pay expenses, the old Hawaiian language newspapers did so as well back then.
Nūpepa Kākau Lima—Handwritten Newspapers.
When the desire to disseminate news hits you, but managing a press with type filled drawers is just not practical, there remains the option to produce a handwritten newspaper. And indeed there were a good number of Hawaiian language handwritten papers.
Inoa Kapakapa, Pen Names.
While we do not limit our celebration of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi to the month of February, we will not let go of this opportunity to say, “E ola mau ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi!”
Celebrating Hawaiian Honeycreepers with Master woodcarver Haruo Uchiyama
Celebrating Hawaiian Honeycreepers with Master woodcarver Haruo Uchiyama Back to Corporate Relations Cover Image: “The sculptures bridge the gap between art and science – they are teaching tools for both disciplines.” – Molly Hagemann, Collections Manager, Vertebrate Zoology Photo credit: Jon Asato, Bishop Museum Image: Nikki Thompson (right) interprets while Mr. Haruo Uchiyama (left) demonstrated […]
King Kalākaua’s voyage around the world. 1881.
The Bicentennial of Printing exhibit on the third floor of Hawaiian Hall is coming down in a couple of weeks. The newspaper pages now on view are the second and third pages of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, April 23, 1881.
What is lost perhaps can be found, with everyone’s help. 1907–2023.
Hawaiian language newspapers were the most practical means for people of the day to have their words (and sometimes pictures) disseminated all across the Hawaiian Islands and even farther beyond that.
Views of the Eruption, 1907.
Just as the Mauna Loa eruption this past year did not last very long, so too was the 1907 eruption which only lasted about two weeks.
Woodcut images to grow interest: Ka Hae Hawaii, 1856–1861.
In an earlier post we spoke of the first Hawaiian language newspaper, Ka Lama Hawaii and the introduction of foreign animals to its readers using text along with woodcuts engraved by Dr. Alonzo Chapin.
Election of William Charles Lunalilo, the People’s King, 1873.
150 years ago, William Charles Lunalilo became the first elected monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
