Loading Sugar cane
Dublin Core
Title
Loading Sugar cane
Subject
Sugar
Industry
Immigration
Hawaii
Industry
Immigration
Hawaii
Description
In this short length film, it is possible to see a large receiving car being loaded by several men. In the foreground, other men can be seen cutting sugar cane for it to be loaded onto the car. A person wearing white trousers, a blue coat, and a straw hat comes from behind the camera to assist with the loading process. Whilst an overseer on a white horse watches over the workers.
This source shows the grueling nature of sugar cropping on the Hawaiian islands. Sugar became the main export of the Hawaiian islands for the majority of the twentieth century. It was reliant on Asian immigrant and migrant labor throughout the 19th and 20th centuries to keep up with international demand. Immigrants would work over the harvest season and return home afterwards.
This source shows the grueling nature of sugar cropping on the Hawaiian islands. Sugar became the main export of the Hawaiian islands for the majority of the twentieth century. It was reliant on Asian immigrant and migrant labor throughout the 19th and 20th centuries to keep up with international demand. Immigrants would work over the harvest season and return home afterwards.
Creator
Bonine, R. (Robert K.) camera; American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Publisher
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
https://www.loc.gov/item/00563598
https://www.loc.gov/item/00563598
Date
1 August 1901
Contributor
Alfie Staples
Rights
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Language
English
Type
Visual - photograph negatives/film
Identifier
20th Century Hawai'i
Files
Collection
Citation
Bonine, R. (Robert K.) camera; American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, “Loading Sugar cane,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed April 16, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/328.