Queen’s Hospital, Honolulu

Queen’s Hospital, Honolulu

Hawai’i
Honolulu
Queen’s Hospital
Queen Emma
King Kamehameha IV
Smallpox
Disease
Medicine
Population Decline

This is an image of the Queen’s Hospital in Honolulu taken by Frank Davey; a photographer who took many photos of Hawaii during his lifetime. This photo shows a hospital in the midst of the scenic Hawaii, it shows some people sitting on the porch of the hospital dressed in white. The clothing of the people, scenery and the white exposure on the image suggests a serene atmosphere. Henceforth, this portrays the technological advancement of Hawai’i while maintaining the beauty of the Hawaiian Islands. Furthermore, the Queen’s Hospital was founded by Queen Emma in 1859 because of the massive decline in the Hawaiian population, due to the diseases (in particular smallpox) that were brought to Hawai’i by foreign visitors. It symbolises the effects of Western introduction to Hawaii and also the technological/medicinal advancements as it was the first non-profit hospital and still the largest in Honolulu, Hawai’i.

Frank Davey, Davey Photo Co., Honolulu, Hawai’i

U.S. National Library of Medicine, Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/325.html

Unknown, however, hospital built in 1859

Ameerah Abood

Hawai’i State Archives
Call Number: PP-40-9-006
http://gallery.hawaii.gov/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=32099

English

Visual - photograph

19th century Hawai'i