Scorched postcard from Hawaii to Canada
Dublin Core
Title
Scorched postcard from Hawaii to Canada
Subject
Hawaii
Travel
Tourism
Transport Development
Travel
Tourism
Transport Development
Description
This is a postcard written on March the 9th, 1913 and postmarked on March the 12th of the same year. The original size of the postcard is unknown. The postcard is written by someone known only as Violet and addressed to Mr P. R. Burton – possible first name, Percy, in Canada. Within the postcard, Violet talks about how she hoped Mr Burton will one day be able to see the volcano she has visited. Additionally, Violet speaks of the activity of scorching the postcard. This was a popular activity for tourists in Hawaii who were curious about Hawaii’s landscape, having travelled there by passenger steamers, in the times before commercial airlines. To get to the volcanos, visitors would either travel by car or railroad. At this time, Hawaii was undergoing major transportation developments, having realised the potential of their country as a tourist hotspot.
Creator
Original creator, Violet. Blog post creator, Holly Chisholm
Publisher
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum
http://postalmuseumblog.si.edu/postcards/
http://postalmuseumblog.si.edu/postcards/
Date
written 9 March 1913
Contributor
Gabriella Thurbin
Rights
Smithsonian National Postal Museum, source reference unknown
Language
English
Type
Textual - handwritten postcard
Identifier
20th century Hawai'i
Files
Collection
Citation
Original creator, Violet. Blog post creator, Holly Chisholm, “Scorched postcard from Hawaii to Canada,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 7, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/218.