Hawaii, United States
1934
Hand-colored photograph
Height: 8 in (20.3 cm), Width: 19½ in (49.5 cm)
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, Hawaii
This hand-colored panoramic photograph documents an aircraft review at Wheeler Airfield on O'ahu in 1934, capturing rows of aircraft set against the open landscape and Ko'olau mountain range in the long horizontal format that suited both the airfield subject and the panoramic photographic conventions of the period. Wheeler Airfield was one of the central aviation sites in Hawai'i during the early twentieth century, attacked on December 7, 1941, and the hand coloring adds a period warmth to what is also a primary document of Hawaiian military aviation infrastructure in the years immediately before World War II. The provenance through John Dominis Holt, one of the most distinguished Hawaiian writers, cultural figures, and collectors of the twentieth century, gives this piece a collecting history of particular significance within the Hawaiian community.
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Hawaii, United States
1934
Hand-colored photograph
Height: 8 in (20.3 cm), Width: 19½ in (49.5 cm)
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, Hawaii
This hand-colored panoramic photograph documents an aircraft review at Wheeler Airfield on O'ahu in 1934, capturing rows of aircraft set against the open landscape and Ko'olau mountain range in the long horizontal format that suited both the airfield subject and the panoramic photographic conventions of the period. Wheeler Airfield was one of the central aviation sites in Hawai'i during the early twentieth century, attacked on December 7, 1941, and the hand coloring adds a period warmth to what is also a primary document of Hawaiian military aviation infrastructure in the years immediately before World War II. The provenance through John Dominis Holt, one of the most distinguished Hawaiian writers, cultural figures, and collectors of the twentieth century, gives this piece a collecting history of particular significance within the Hawaiian community.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
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