PBA Galleries

47 original photographs, most  approx. 19.5x24.5 cm (7¾x9¾"), set loose in corner mounts on black leaves; album is 28x36 cm (11x14"), leather, string tied.

Exceptional photograph album of 1930's Hawaii, apparently compiled by someone involved with Wheeler Field and aviation. At the start are photographs of eight military/aviation maps of the islands, followed by about a dozen of Wheeler Field, then several of planes in the air, and about four featuring the record-breaking Australian aviator Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, who stopped in Hawaii on his way from Australia to Oakland, California. Of note are two photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt's visit to Hawaii in 1934, one showing the cruiser USS Houston arriving at Honolulu, escorted by sea an air craft, the other of him in the back seat of an open automobile shaking hands with soldiers. FDR was the first sitting president to visit Hawaii. Also included are a number of fine scenic shots, of beaches, Diamond Head, fine buildings in Honolulu, and more. Many of the photographs are stamped on the back, "This photograph not to be published without authority  of the assistant chief of staff,G-2. Hawaiian department. Fort Shafter T.H. If authority is granted credit line must read: photo by eleventh photo section A.C. Wheeler Field. T.H. "