The Land of the Ukulele: A Visit to the Hawaiian Islands / Cartoon: High Cost of Living (1919)

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1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “We’re off! Bound for the cross roads of the Pacific. Comfortably quartered on the palatial steamer ‘Great Northern’ we bid adieu to San Francisco and her gay farewells --” Crowded dock - crowds at rails of ship moving away from dock - ship under way. “The Hawaiian Island territory of the United States consists of a chain of islands in the north Pacific 700 miles in length.” Map. “There’s an old saying that everything that goes up must come down. Albeit the gentle Pacific ruthless in its reversal of the laws of gravity elects that everything that goes down must come up.” Man leaning over rail of ship. “Five days at sea and, Land Ho! “And this is Honolulu, where to be exact, Captain Cook landed just 141 years ago.” Business district, automobile, pedestrian traffic. “Dainty little Japanese folks always smiling and quaintly gowned in gay kimonos while young Mikados ride merrily behind.” Japanese section of city, Japanese in native dress on streets. “Our friends from Japan and there are 90,000 of them in the Hawaiian Islands group fill many important industrial activities -- a Japanese fruit store.” Small open-front store, customers. “Making ‘leis’ a wreath made from flowers and paper and worn by the Hawaiians signifying goodwill and friendship.” Street peddlers sitting on sidewalk, pedestrian traffic - woman making lei. “And every morning the smiling Japanese vegetable man…

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