Things we get fixated as a society. Cultural icons, in other words.

Monday, April 30, 2007

Hawaiian girls

Pictures of Hawaiian girls. To be exact, these are not only girls but also women, and not all are natives of Hawaii. These photographs come from the 1930s, I came across them on the web.

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An elderly Hawaiian woman in traditional clothes, amidst palm trees.

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A Hawaiian girl with a small Hawaiian guitar or some other string instrument.


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A girl in pseudo-native dress, holding some utensil. You can see that she is simply a model posing for a picture.

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Another model in traditional dress, probably dancing.

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A girl with a guitar, in native dress.

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A girl sitting in front of a traditional Hawaiian hut. The small guitar is here, too.

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A girl standing next to the same hut.

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And yet another one on the same spot.

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