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A Soldier's Hawaiian Photo Album - Part 1

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A number of years ago, I purchased a marvelous photo album kept by a soldier who was stationed in Hawai'i in 1936. He filled it with photos he took, postcards he bought and images from numerous sources. He captured life at Schofield Barracks and Pearl Harbor, romps on the beach, visits to landmarks and tropical scenic spots, Hawaiian hula girls, the Kamehameha Day parade and much more.  So I thought I would share some photos of Sunsets on Waikiki Beach, Sacred Falls (which is no longer open to the public due to unstable cliffs), some grass shacks in Kapiolani Park and a cane haul road in a sugar cane field. These are all colorized ... hand-colored individually ... originally black & white photos. The colors used make these look like Maxfield Parrish paintings.