Photograph
16 1/2 in x 18 in framed; image 7 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in / framed 41.9 x 45.7 cm; image 19.1 x 24.1 cm
Provenance: Estate of Alfred Wellington Carter, Kamuela, Hawaiʻi
This 1920s photograph shows prized Parker Ranch cattle connected to the estate of Alfred Wellington Carter, the longtime manager and trustee associated with the ranch’s growth. Parker Ranch, located in Kamuela on Hawaiʻi Island, became one of the best-known ranching operations in the Pacific and played a major role in the history of Hawaiian cattle culture. The image documents the agricultural and ranching side of Hawaiʻi, outside the more familiar tourist and coastal imagery of the period.
The photograph is formally composed, presenting the animal as a valued ranch specimen rather than as a casual landscape subject. Its estate provenance connects it directly to Carter, who guided Parker Ranch for decades and was closely associated with its development. As a framed ranch photograph, it belongs within the visual history of Hawaiʻi’s paniolo tradition, land stewardship, and early twentieth-century livestock culture.
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Photograph
16 1/2 in x 18 in framed; image 7 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in / framed 41.9 x 45.7 cm; image 19.1 x 24.1 cm
Provenance: Estate of Alfred Wellington Carter, Kamuela, Hawaiʻi
This 1920s photograph shows prized Parker Ranch cattle connected to the estate of Alfred Wellington Carter, the longtime manager and trustee associated with the ranch’s growth. Parker Ranch, located in Kamuela on Hawaiʻi Island, became one of the best-known ranching operations in the Pacific and played a major role in the history of Hawaiian cattle culture. The image documents the agricultural and ranching side of Hawaiʻi, outside the more familiar tourist and coastal imagery of the period.
The photograph is formally composed, presenting the animal as a valued ranch specimen rather than as a casual landscape subject. Its estate provenance connects it directly to Carter, who guided Parker Ranch for decades and was closely associated with its development. As a framed ranch photograph, it belongs within the visual history of Hawaiʻi’s paniolo tradition, land stewardship, and early twentieth-century livestock culture.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
