Title:
Flower Girls, Honolulu.
Object ID:
2008.2.50
Object Name:
Postcard
Collection:
Alsa Chester Howard Postcard Collection
Date:
05/13/1914
Creator:
Alsa Chester Howard (correspondent)
VE Exhibit Label 1:
Front: Colorized picture of flower girls in Hawaii.
Transcription:
"How do you like my new girl?"
(there is an arrow pointing to one girl)
Back of card:
Postmarked: "Honolulu Hawaii May 14, 10:30 AM."
Printed description:
" Each with a beautiful lei or wreath about her neck, the flower girls of Hawaii vend their perfumed pua or roses in the markets and on the street corners of the city of Honolulu and other places on the island. The Hawaiians are great lovers of flowers and bedeck their hair with carnations and lehua. Flowers grow in profusion in Hawaii and when travelers arrive or depart they are covered with these beautiful flower leis."
Transcription:
"Honolulu, Hawaii, P.M. May 13, 1914, Have been busy all day sightseeing & I am tired. This is a very pretty little town and some picturesque scenery nearby. Flowers, palms, roses, etc. are in great profusion all around. Best wishes to you all. A.C.H."
(To:)
"Miss. Emily S. Hinton
143 Quincy Place N.E.
Washington, D.C."
Transcription:
"How do you like my new girl?"
(there is an arrow pointing to one girl)
Back of card:
Postmarked: "Honolulu Hawaii May 14, 10:30 AM."
Printed description:
" Each with a beautiful lei or wreath about her neck, the flower girls of Hawaii vend their perfumed pua or roses in the markets and on the street corners of the city of Honolulu and other places on the island. The Hawaiians are great lovers of flowers and bedeck their hair with carnations and lehua. Flowers grow in profusion in Hawaii and when travelers arrive or depart they are covered with these beautiful flower leis."
Transcription:
"Honolulu, Hawaii, P.M. May 13, 1914, Have been busy all day sightseeing & I am tired. This is a very pretty little town and some picturesque scenery nearby. Flowers, palms, roses, etc. are in great profusion all around. Best wishes to you all. A.C.H."
(To:)
"Miss. Emily S. Hinton
143 Quincy Place N.E.
Washington, D.C."
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Flower Girls, Honolulu
Flower Girls, Honolulu (back)
Flower Girls, Honolulu
Flower Girls, Honolulu (back)