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Cover Image: Masthead of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, printed on June 14, 1862.
H. L. Chase arrived here from Boston on the ship Ceylon, on August 17, 1856. He begins his photographic career here in 1859 with a notice saying that he is “prepared to go to any part of the islands and take photographic views or portraits.”
Image: Portrait of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Photo by H. L. Chase. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 18516
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Image: Portrait of Liliʻu Lilia Kamakaʻeha Dominis, [later Queen Liliʻuokalani]. Photo by H. L. Chase. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 18512
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He is referred to by a number of different names here in Hawaiʻi. Early on he was known as Alualu, meaning “to chase after something.”
Image: “H. L. CHASE.: MEA PAI KII.” Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, June 14, 1862, p. 3
H. L. CHASE.
PHOTOGRAPHER
The studio of J. W. King has recently been acquired by H. L. Chase (Alualu). Therefore, he is prepared to take photographs with great deft of all who desire. Come you all and see for yourself. His studio is located above the
Printing House of the “Kuokoa.”
To the east of the
Post Office.
He appears more commonly as Keki or Keiki.
Image: “PAI KII ANO HOU!” Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, April 15, 1871, p. 3
MOODERN PHOTOGRAPHY!
WHEREAS I HAVE RENOVATED the windows of my PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO at
MONIKAHAAE, Honolulu,
Therefore, I hope it is appropriate for
the taking of all sorts of photographs,
from tiny photos, good for watch chains and necklaces, to large ones suitable for houses, at very reasonable prices. Also for sale are prints of famous places of Hawaiʻi nei, pictures of the Kings and Queens, and other distinguished people.
H. L. CHASE (Keki)
He leaves for San Francisco aboard the Yankee on July 7, 1864, and returns aboard the Comet on September 21, 1864. Whereupon this announcement appears:
Image: Royal Mausoleum during construction. Photo by H. L. Chase, ca. 1865. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 207746
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Image: H. L. Chase’s Photography Gallery, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaiʻi. ca. 1913. Bishop Museum Archives, SB 205092 [Notice framed to the left of the door, “Hale Pai Kii.”
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In Keene, New Hampshire, he opens a Photograph Gallery in No. 3 Gerould’s Block, Central Square. While there, he responds to an article, “King Kalakaua,” which appears in The Daily Arkansas Gazette on December 22, 1874.
Mr. Editor:—Where does your neighbor of the Republican obtain his news? That King Kalakaua has rooms at the Arlington House and is suffering from a severe cold we will not dispute; but that he is the son of a New Bedford sailor we do deny, neither was he the son of the daughter of the late King, who was never married, and was about the age of the present King. He has not one drop of foreign blood in his veins, as the following will show. His father’s name was Kapakea, and his mother’s, Keehokalole—both of pure Hawaiian blood, and each descended from families of chiefs. On the father’s side, King Kalakaua descended from one of the old line of the Kings of the Island of Hawaii, and he has the genealogy of his family for many generations back. The statement that he is the only survivor is equally ridiculous. Kapaakea and Keehokalole, the father and mother, died a few years since, and the survivors are His Majesty, David Kalakaua, Princess Lydia Kamehameha, Princess Miriam Likelike, and His Royal Highness William Pitt Leleokahoku, the heir apparent to the throne of Hawaii. The King was not educated in San Francisco, but at Honolulu by Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Cooke, teachers of the Royal school, as also were the last three reigning Kings, Kamehameha IV., Kamehameha V., and Lunalilo, the immediate predecessor of His Majesty Kalakaua.
H. L. Keike,
Mea pai kii.
New Hampshire Sentinel, December 24, 1874.
He subsequently sells his studio to J. A. French and turns back to Hawaii; this time with his mother. The two arrive from San Francisco aboard the City of Sydney on November 16, 1876.
In 1888 he moves to Wailuku, Maui, and opens a studio there. And it was in Wailuku that he dies, on June 1, 1901.
Image: “Photographs,” Maui News, August 25, 1890, p. 1 (Digitized from microfilm.)
Image: H. L. Chase’s former Photography Gallery, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaiʻi, ca. 1913. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 49029
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This post is part of He Aupuni Palapala: Preserving and Digitizing the Hawaiian Language Newspapers, a partnership between Bishop Museum and Awaiaulu with assistance from Kamehameha Schools. Mahalo nui loa to Hawaii Tourism Authority for their support. Learn more about this project here.
