Fishing Identity in 20th Century Hawaii

Young Boy with Fishers Net July 1959 Credit: Hawaii State Archives, Photograph Collection, PPWD-3–6–014

As a documentarian, amateur archivist and student of History I love digital libraries. Public libraries are wonderful resources, free and open to all. If you don’t have a library card please do yourself a favor and consider getting one. With it you will be granted access a treasure trove of information, books, movies, audiobooks, music, services… you would be surprised what you can find at your local public library.

Now with that PSA aside, I wanted to share some fun photos I came across this morning browsing in the Hawaii State Archives. They have a photo collection entitled “Fishing” and I enjoyed transporting myself back to these simpler times through the art of analog photography. The images below were my favorite from the collection. If you enjoy the ocean as past-time or a place to discover the natural world I hope you will enjoy these images.

Credit: Hawaii State Archives, Photograph Collection, PPWD-3–6–004

Hawaii State Archives, Photograph Collection, PPWD-3–6–006

Credit: Hawaii State Archives, Photograph Collection, PPWD-3–6–012

Hawaii State Archives, Photograph Collection, PPWD-3–6–007

Hawaii State Archives, Photograph Collection, PPWD-3–6–001_March 1937

For more photos like this please visit the Hawaii State Archives:

https://digitalarchives.hawaii.gov/

And if you enjoyed this article please comment what type of photo series you would be interested in seeing next! I love researching different topics and unearthing images people may not have seen before.