Hawaii, United States
Circa 1910
Real photo postcard
Provenance: Paul Kahn, San Francisco, Hawaii
Early photo postcards depicting Hawaiian surfers with their boards are primary visual documents of surfing before its commercial popularization, recording the practice as it existed among Hawaiian and early haole practitioners in the years before the sport's global spread. This example predates the Duke Kahanamoku era of international surfing promotion and captures a more intimate, unmediated moment of the practice on what appears to be a Honolulu or Waikiki beach. Photo postcards of this subject and period, with identifiable figures and intact photographic detail, are collected both within Hawaiian history and within the history of surfing culture.
Hawaii, United States
Circa 1910
Real photo postcard
Provenance: Paul Kahn, San Francisco, Hawaii
Early photo postcards depicting Hawaiian surfers with their boards are primary visual documents of surfing before its commercial popularization, recording the practice as it existed among Hawaiian and early haole practitioners in the years before the sport's global spread. This example predates the Duke Kahanamoku era of international surfing promotion and captures a more intimate, unmediated moment of the practice on what appears to be a Honolulu or Waikiki beach. Photo postcards of this subject and period, with identifiable figures and intact photographic detail, are collected both within Hawaiian history and within the history of surfing culture.
