Statehood Newspaper

Dublin Core

Title

Statehood Newspaper

Subject

Hawaii
Statehood
Politics
Newspaper

Description

A black and white photograph showing a smiling young Hawaiian girl, who is Dodie Bacon Browne, with a newspaper announcing the statehood of Hawaii on March 22 1959.
This photograph shows that statehood was recognised as an im-portant moment by even a young girl. On the day the official Statehood was announced, it was celebrated all over Hawaii and its effect was seen nationwide as schools were dismissed, shops closed and government offices shut down. This picture encapsulates the elation felt after the long struggle of statehood had finally come. It took over six decades of campaigning and petitioning the US government before it became an official US state.

Creator

Unknown (reverse image searched)

Publisher

Hawaii Alive,

http://www.hawaiialive.org/viewer.php?resource=174&hostType=sub&hostID=96

Date

1959

Contributor

Hannah Mehmet

Rights

Bishop Museum Archives, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Language

N/A

Type

Visual - photograph

Identifier

20th century Hawai'i

Files

Statehood Newspaper.png

Collection

Citation

Unknown (reverse image searched), “Statehood Newspaper,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 6, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/190.