[HAWAII].
An original scrapbook of a tour of Hawaii at the turn of the 20th-century.
Hawaii, Hilo: November 1901- May 1902.

Oblong 8vo., (6 4/8 x 9 inches). 21 grey heavy-stock leaves illustrated with numerous original and souvenir photographs, postcards and mementos of Hilo, Hawaii with manuscript captions. Original half brown morocco, black cloth gilt (worn, shaken).

The young woman who created this graphic memento of her six month stay in Hawaii left San Francisco on October 27th 1901 aboard the "Rhoderick Dhu", arriving in Hilo, Hawaii on November 8th 1901. She returned to San Francisco in "Falls of Clyde" on May 10th 1902. On the inside front cover the authoress has written the Hawaiian motto "Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono" followed by a national song or poem, small photographs of Queen Ka'iulani and King Kalakaua. The first page includes an annotated map of the Hawaiian Islands. The rest of the album is filled with photographs of local scenery and places and people of interest; newspaper clippings; cartes des visites; cuttings etc. Of particular interest are photographs and newspaper clippings recording the Chinese kindergarten at Hilo.