Chinese family, Honolulu

Chinese family, Honolulu

Hawai’i
Honolulu
Chinese immigration
immigrants
family

This source shows a young Chinese mother and father sat with their six children and pet cat in their home in Honolulu, Hawai’i. This may suggest that these Chinese immigrants were able to establish a happy family life in Hawai’i and the fact that they are in their own cultural clothing could mean that they were comfortable enough to represent their culture in this foreign land. It was certainly not unusual to see Chinese people in Hawai’i as this time period in particular saw a wave of Chinese immigrants looking for work on sugar plantations and they were the first East Asian people to immigrate. This image shows a loving family, although, in the 19th century it was more common to see Chinese men alone and as much as Chinese culture integrated in Hawaiian society, these men would also live in Hawai’i, marry Hawaiian women and assimilate the culture.

Unknown photographer (determined through Google image reverse and blog searches), Honolulu, Hawai’i

Hawaii State Archives Digital Collection, Hadley Collection

http://gallery.hawaii.gov/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=437

1893

Emma Azid

Hawaii State Archives
http://ags.hawaii.gov/archives/

N/A

Visual - photograph

19th century Hawai'i