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“Here we are again!”
This newspaper cartoon negatively portrays the Hawaiian home rule party. It places the leader of the party, Robert William Wilcox (identified by his moustache) at the center of the illustration, carrying ‘anti-Dole’ papers. In the background, other…
Waiting for the Signal From Home
The Cartoon is titled “Waiting for the Signal From Home” and it shows thousands of Japanese people who are all stereotyped marching from Washington, through Oregon and to California to pick up blocks of explosives from a small shed named “Honorable…
‘Who’ll get the wishbone’
The source is a political caricature which shows ‘Uncle Sam’, a personification of the United States, cutting a chicken and questioning which child (shown as Cuba and Hawaii) will get the wishbone. This source was published at the time of the…
Cover of Time Magazine 11 May 1992
Image of a group of armed riot police running down a street with a blazing fire in the background caused by rioters in the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. TIME written in bold red letters at the top of the cover, a motif of Time Magazine. Underneath there is…
"We’re hoping to become Americans too”
This is an image in a newspaper of a group of Japanese people who were seeking American citizenship by entering Hawai’i. This was the hope of many Asian individuals who were seeking citizenship into the United States, even if the likelihood is that…
The Brig Thaddeus
A ship twenty-four feet wide and eight-five feet long, took the first missionaries to Hawaii, including Reverend Hiram Bingham. It took a 164 day route from Massachusetts, Boston to the Hawaiian Islands.
On board the Thaddeus many letters and diary…
On board the Thaddeus many letters and diary…
Dance of native Californians at San Francisco de Assis Mission, California
Coloured drawing of dancing native Californians during mission activity under a huge symbol of Christianity, the cross. There are also religious buildings to the side. The Indians are holding spears and wearing native dress. The mission in question…
The landing of Captain Rogers's men at California, and their reception by the natives
Black and white print on paper, drawing, of scene along coast with sailors being brought ashore on rafts and greeted by Indigenous peoples in their encampment. There are cone-shaped thatched huts in distance. Sketched, patterned border.
Pictures…
Pictures…
Dance of Indians at Mission in San Jose, New California
Black and white drawing of six Indians with elaborately painted and tattooed bodies, wearing costumes and headdresses, dance in clearing near river. Possibly the earliest known view of Mission Indians in indigenous costumes at Mission San Jose,…
Scene in Uncle Sam’s Senate
This is a political cartoon depicting a heated moment in the senate debate about admitting California as a free state, during the Compromise of 1850. On the left, Mississippi senator Henry Foot is pointing a pistol at the senator of Missouri, Thomas…