Hawaii, Its People, Customs, and Scenic Wonders / Hawaiian Pineapples / Hawaiian Bananas

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Hawaii, Its People, Customs, and Scenic Wonders / Hawaiian Pineapples / Hawaiian Bananas Produced: 1916

Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Mounted policeman at head of parade, horse-drawn floats. “Oh! East is east And West is west And never the twain shall meet, ’Til earth and sky stand presently At God’s great judgment seat.” Spectators, parade, floats, men riding bicycles with fancy fish costumes, floats. “Nations whose shores are washed by the friendly Pacific and whose peoples have found a home in hospitable Hawaii add to the picturesqueness of the spectacle.” Uniformed band, float, marching unit, floats, marching unit with banner ‘Korean Girls Seminary.’ “The court of Queen Kaikilani-a-Kukailani.” Costumed natives and grass hut in park - costumed attendants carrying palm branches walking in park - spectators on bleachers in park, palm trees. “The Hula. Originally a form of religious service in which acting in gesture and movement was made use of in developing the ideas expressed by the song which the gestures accompanied.” Girls dancing Hula, Queen’s attendants, spectators in background. “A large American flag was formed by school children dressed in ‘red, white and blue.’ Americans, Hawaiians, Japanese, Filipinos, and Chinese formed the flag.” Children in bleachers forming flag by their positions and color of their dress. “Tiny little Japanese girls quaintly costumed in the vogue of the Orient tripped the gay fantastic.” Both boys and girls in costume dancing. “The Dance of the Butterfly.” Girls in Japanese costumes. “100 yard swim. Although the Hawaiian is a famed swimmer, the event went to the Chicago Athletic Club.” Swimming race, spectators. [1916] b. “The pineapple is of tropical American origin. Its first mention in English literature is in the diary of Evelyn, who mentions tasting a pineapple from Barbados at the table of Charles II. The luscious Hawaiian ‘pine’ is well and favorably known in America.” Workers sitting around stack of pineapples, one cutting and distributing fruit to others. “A field of pineapples. Four crops are raised from each planting. The second crop is the best and produces about 18 tons of fruit to the acre.” Worker in field. “The pineapple field must be kept free from weeds and for this purpose large gangs of men are employed.” Workers in field hoeing. “Picking pineapples. Filipino labor is extensively employed. The picker grasps the ‘pine’ at the top and twists it from the plant.” “A pineapple blossom two weeks old.” Close-up of new fruit growing on plant. “The plant usually produces but a single fruit crowded in a rosette of stiff serrated leaves on the top of the stem of the plant, which matures in from twelve to twenty months.” Close-up of plant with fruit. “Immense quantities of the ‘pines’ are canned. The factory where these pictures were secured, putting up 240,000 cans a day or 300,000 pineapples - this is a trifle better than grandmother’s record for jam.” “Conveying fruit to the shelling machine. The shell is removed in one operation by a steel cutter.” Workers placing pineapples on conveyor. “From the ‘sheller’ the fruit is conveyed to the trimming table where it is carefully trimmed by hand-knives.” Machinery in operation. “Slicing in one operation.” Workers, pineapples going through slicer - women workers at long tables, sliced pineapple on conveyor down center. “After slicing, the fruit is graded, packed and sealed.” Workers placing pineapple in cans, trays of cans. “Next the ‘pines’ are delivered to the cooker where they cook for ten minutes and are then packed and ready for shipment.” Workers, steaming cookers in background - worker nailing tops onto crates of canned pineapple. [1916] c. “The banana is important among the commercial fruit bearing plants of the Islands. Used extensively at home where its food value is well recognized, it also figures prominently among the Islands’ exports.” Worker among banana trees. “Each plant bears but a single bunch of flowers, which grows out of the center of the top of the stalk. In time the blossoms fall off, leaving long ovaries which in turn develop into the fruit, protected in its early growth by heavy leaves.” Close-up of worker with stalk of tiny bananas with large stiff leaves. “Each bunch of bananas contains from one to a dozen or more clusters and each cluster from twelve to twenty-four bananas.” Close-up of bunch on tree. [1916]

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