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waikiki_28.pdf (8.85 MB)

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1986

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Hodges, Iwalani

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The eldest son of an Australian father and South African mother discusses arriving in Hawaii in 1915; purchase of Kaiulani Avenue property from Prince Kuhio; stucco home built by father; Waikiki streams and flooding; neighborhood familes, stores, and peddlers; Queen Liliuokalani's visits; Ainahau estate and fire; Ala Wai Canal dredging; schooling in England; merchant marine travel; Hollywood acting in 1940s; building of Kahili apartment hotel in 1952; development of Waikiki; lease of land to King's Alley; father's subcontracting work on Royal Hawaiian Hotel; mother's Olympics, Uluniu Club, and Outdoor Circle interests; his participation in the Hawaii Hotel Association; Waikiki clean-up campaigns; zoning laws in Waikiki; observations of early discrimination in Waikiki; Tantalus home; and intra- and inter-island social visits.
merchant marine, actor, hotel owner; Caucasian; male
Interview conducted in English.

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Family Life, Hotels and Restaurants, Land and Ownership, Sports, Travel

Citation

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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/30410

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75 min
25 pages

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Hawaii Kai, Oahu

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DU629 .W44 W3 1988

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Waikiki, 1910–1985: Oral Histories