Photographs of a Chinese American family in Hawaii dating primarily to the early 1940s document transpacific mobility, family structure, and cultural adaptation during World War II, when Hawaii served as a critical military and social hub in the Pacific. The images capture multiple generations of a Chinese diaspora family in.....
Photographer unknown. World War II photo album (1943–1944). This album documents the daily lives of American service members and their families across multiple locations, with a significant concentration of images in Hawaii shortly after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The photographs record military personnel in uniform alongside wives, girlfriends, and.....
Unidentified U.S. Army soldier, photo album and associated documents, 1945, records American military life in Honolulu during the closing phase of World War II, including the public celebration of Victory over Japan Day and the continued enforcement of wartime controls over civilian movement. Hawaii functioned as a central command base.....
Olson, Laverne Edwin, vernacular photo album (circa 1944–1946) documents U.S. Navy enlisted service across the Philippines and Hawaii during the final phase of World War II and the immediate postwar occupation period, providing direct visual and documentary evidence of military presence, local communities, and wartime social life in the Pacific.....
