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Hawaiian Machinery and Salvage Company, Limited

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Original Stock certificate; print on both sides. Very good condition; 14" x 5.75".

Honolulu Plantation Stock Certificate

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Very good condition; 12" x 8"; April 22, 1946.

StateHood!

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50th State Edition of the Honolulu Advertiser. Thursday, March 12, 1959. Only the front page, page 2 and pages 19 and 20 are present. Good Condition, some wear and discoloration at folds and edges..

Hawaii 50th State

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50th State Edition of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Tuesday, April 14, 1959. Very comprehensive; complete, very large edition with many articles on Hawaii's history and its contributions and resources for the USA. Good condition, some tears on the front page. More rare than the Honolulu Advertiser edition.

Early Map - City of Honolulu - 1893

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"Map of the lower part of the City of Honolulu and the Harbor Front." Very good condition; 23.75" x 31". Compiled by official maps by A.B. Loebenstein; 1:2400.

Original vintage Honolulu Newspaper -1877

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The "Commercial Advertiser" . . . early fore runner of the "Honolulu Advertiser. Very Good Condition; Large Format; 4 printed pages each measuring 28" x 20". Very intersting advertisements and articles that were printed weekly.

Original vintage Honolulu Newspaper - 1878

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1834 Map of Oceana

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Very good condition; printed in French, 17.5" x 13".

May 25, 1857 Hawaii Newspaper, The FRIEND

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May 25, 1857 Hawaii Newspaper, The FRIEND, Honolulu, Published Monthly by Rev. Samuel Damon, Quarto 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. 3 columns. EIGHT PAGES. A great source for info on the government, industry, culture and life on Hawaii many years ago....

This was originally bound with the other issues simply sewed together with some string. The back and front page are seperated from each other since this was once a big folded one piece paper and to bind it the paper had to be cut. The paper is all readable and being rag paper not that fragile at all. Very good condition, small chips on some edges and corners.

1869 Honolulu Newspaper - The Friend

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Feb 4, 1869 Hawaii Newspaper, The FRIEND, Honolulu, Published Monthly by Rev. Samuel Damon, Quarto 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. 3 columns. EIGHT PAGES. A great source for info on the government, industry, culture and life on Hawaii many years ago....

This was originally bound with the other issues simply sewed together with some string. The back and front page are seperated from each other since this was once a big folded one piece paper and to bind it the paper had to be cut. The paper is all readable and being rag paper not that fragile at all. Chips on some edges and small tears present. Very good condition.

Hawaii STATEHOOD!

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50th State Edition of the Honolulu Advertiser. Thursday, March 12, 1959. 2 Sections, pages 1-39 present. Good condition, some small tears on the front page and normal wear and discoloration.

The Friend

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Feb 1, 1866 Hawaii Newspaper, The FRIEND, Honolulu, Published Monthly by Rev. Samuel Damon, Quarto 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. 3 columns. EIGHT PAGES. A great source for info on the government, industry, culture and life on Hawaii many years ago....

This was originally bound with the other issues simply sewed together with some string. The back and front page are seperated from each other since this was once a big folded one piece paper and to bind it the paper had to be cut. The paper is all readable and being rag paper not that fragile at all. Chips on some edges and small tears present. Very good condition.

The Hawaiian Gazette

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10 Printed page weekly newspaper in very good condition; 21.25 x 15". Large Format; very intersting advertisements and articles that were printed weekly.

Hawaiian Gazette Newspaper

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10 Printed page weekly newspaper in very good condition; 21.25 x 15". Large Format; very intersting advertisements and articles that were printed weekly.

1861 Honolulu Newspaper - The Friend

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April 1, 1861 Hawaii Newspaper, The FRIEND, Honolulu, Published Monthly by Rev. Samuel Damon, Quarto 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. 3 columns. EIGHT PAGES. A great source for info on the government, industry, culture and life on Hawaii many years ago....

This was originally bound with the other issues simply sewed together with some string. The back and front page are seperated from each other since this was once a big folded one piece paper and to bind it the paper had to be cut. The paper is all readable and being rag paper not that fragile at all. Chips on some edges and small tears present. Very good condition.

1866 Hand tinted Map of Oceanica

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Map of Oceanica exhibiting its various Divisions; Polynesia, Australia and Sandwich Islands. Very good condition; 12.25 x 15.25.

1950 Graphic Tourist Map of the Hawaiian Islands

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Vintage 1950 DOLE HAWAIIAN POSTER. Signed by Joe Feher (1909-1988), senior curator of Honolulu Academy of Arts, who masterfully illustrated it with colorful, playful images. It has a detailed legend on the right, including numbered silhouette images. On bottom left side is “1950 by Hawaiian Pineapple Co., LTD”. Bottom right reads “Form 297 Lithographed in USA by Schwabacher-Frey”.

Large, colorful, artistic; good condition as shown; 23.5" x 41".

1881 Stock Certificate

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1881 STOCK CERTIFICATE (Authentic).

Hawaiian Bell Telephone, 5,000 Shares.

Kona-Kau Stock Certificate

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Good condition, but lots of silverfish holes that actually make the document appear even more interesting and aged.
Certificate No 240, 480 shares at $25 each - this certificate represented $12,000 in stock equity. 15" x 6", circa 1895.

Original Maui Telephone Company Stock Certificate

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Rare; very good condition; 12" x 6.75". Circa 1901.

Original capital value of $25,000; represents 2,500 stocks at $10.00 each.

MAUI Telephone Company Stock Certifcate

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Very good condition; 12" x 6.75"; represents 2,500 shares @ $10 each. Circa 1900s.

HAWAII PLANTATION CONTRACT 1913

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VERY RARE 1913 HAWAII PLANTATION LABOR AGREEMENT CONTRACT, SIGNED BY G.G. KINNEY.

AN EARLY SIGNATURE OF A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF THE SUGAR CANE INDUSTRY HERE IN HAWAII. MR. KINNEY CAME FROM A VERY OLD VERY RESPECTED KAMA'AINA FAMILY. AT THE TIME, WORKING FOR THE PLANTATION AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE. G. G. KINNEY REPLACED L.E . PINKHAM WHO WENT ON TO BECOME GOVENOR OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

1913 LABOR CONTRACT BETWEEN ONE OF THE EARLY FILIPINO PLANTATION WORKERS AND THE HAWAII SUGAR PLANTATION ASSOCIATION.

ITEMS INCLUDED ARE THE ORIGINAL ENVELOPE, LABOR AGREEMENT AND, HEALTH CERTIFICATE THE CONDITION IS AS YOU SEE IT. MOST OF THESE CONTRACTS ENDED UP IN MUSEUMS HERE IN HAWAII.

JUST A NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO COLLECT WATERMARKS THE LABOR AGREEMENT HAS A "TORO BOND" WATER MARK AND THE HEALTH CERTIFICATE HAS A "OUR HOBBY" WATERMARK WITH A HOBBY HORSE IMAGE ABOVE IT.

1910 HAWAII PLANTATION LABOR AGREEMENT CONTRACT

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THIS CONTRACT REPRESENTS ONE OF THE FIRST WORKERS, FROM THE PHILLIPINES, TO MOVE TO HAWAII TO WORK IN THE SUGAR FIELDS. SIGNED BY L. E. PINKHAM. AT THE TIME, WORKING FOR THE PLANTATION AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE.

MR. PINKHAM WOULD GO ON TO BECOME THE HEAD OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH IN HAWAII AND THEN ON TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST GOVERNORS OF THE TERRITORY.

KING KALAKAUA AND QUEEN KAPIOLANI

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THE CHRISTEN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES FROM AUGUST 28, 1889 WITH A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE ON KING KALAKAUA AND QUEEN KAPIOLANI THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE ARTICLE, FULL OF WRONG INFORMATION, BUT WHAT WAS THOUGHT AT THAT TIME.

THE ARTICLE TITLES ARE:THE INSURRECTION IN HAWAII, THE INSURGENTS, PRINCESS LILIUOKALANI,THE INSSURECTION, THE SLAUGHTER, KING KALAKAUA, THE KINGDOM OF HAWAI'I, CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, CAPTIAN COOK WAS KILLED, ARRIVAL OF MISSIONARIES, GOD PREPARED THE WAY, APOSTLES OF CIVILIZATION, THIS WAS ORGINALLY BOUND ,BUT SEPERATED AWHILE AGO.

9.5" x 11.5". IT STILL REFLECTS THE BINDING HOLES ON THE RIGHT MARGIN. FRONT PAGE THEN PAGES NUMBERED 546 – 560. Very good condition.

Early Sandwich Islands Map

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Very Good condition; 14.25 x 17.25. Surveyed by US Exploring Expedition 1841.

Highly illustrated Map of Polynesia

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Excellent condition; printed in French by Raymond Bonheur Peintre. 14.25" x 20.25".

Early Tourist Map of the Hawaiian Islands

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Large, colorful, artistic, rare if found in good condition. Excellent condition; 18.5" x 37". The top border has illustrations and names for 14 flowers including Exoria, Cup of Gold and Plumaria. The lower border has illustrations and names for 17 fish including Nukunuku, Kala, and Hilu.
"The Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands U.S.A. Being a descriptive portrayal of the history, transportation, industries and geography of the Territory of Hawaii, U.S.A. Prepared and Distributed by the Hawaiian Pineapple Co., Ltd. San Francisco, Honolulu, T.H, Copyright H.P, Co. 1937."

Vintage Large Colorful Tourist Map of Honolulu

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VERY RARE. Reads: "In this map you will find depicted in PICTORIAL FASHION the history, land marks, & customs of these colorful isles." Excellent condition with original envelope (see link); 28.5" x 37".