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Hawaiis Early Territorial Days is perfect for Hawaiiana and postcard collectors. This hardcover book can be found in Honolulu bookstores as of November 2001, and purchased through our orders page, The Island Curio cards are well known to dealers throughout the world. Here is a sampling of some cards that illustrate the text: The period from about 1890 to 1910 is known as the Golden Age of postcards. Throughout most of this period, there was no inexpensive technology to provide pictures for newspapers and magazines. The hand held Kodak camera was not readily available, so people relied on picture postcards to convey what they saw and experienced both at home and while traveling. Hawaii was in the early stages of its tourism development, and there were a number of postcard Publishers who provided cards for the visitors. Prominent among these was James Steiner who marketed his cards first under the name Island Curio Store, and later as Island Curio Co.

 

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