SHIFTING FOCUS TO IDENTIFY HAWAIIANS IN HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS Or, What a Difference a Pandemic Makes --- Brooks Haderlie, BYU-Hawaii THREE PHOTOGRAPHS
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All panoramic scans courtesy of PAN-11-004 à Hawaii State Archives THREE PHOTOGRAPHS - HSA
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PAN-11-004 à THREE PHOTOGRAPHS
• PAN-11-004 The “Dedication” Photo
= PAN-11-004 GENERAL DATING
• 1915-1918: Temple construction • 1918: Construction complete • Dedication delayed due to WWI, influenza pandemic • Nov. 27, 28, 30, 1919: Dedication held in 5 sessions, one exclusively for keiki Pre-1919 Mission School and I Hemolele Chapel Mission School and I Hemolele Chapel TIME BRACKET ver. 1.0
[1919 - 1927] I Hemolele Chapel (built 1882) Flag-Raising 1921 Flag-Raising 1921 - Mosaic BACKGROUND HISTORY BACKGROUND HISTORY
• 1850 – First ten missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrive in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. • 1855 – Ka Buke a Moramona published (first non- European translation). • 1865 – Two ahupuaʻa in Laie area purchased. • 1915 – Temple in Laie announced. • 1919 – Temple dedicated. LAIE HAWAII TEMPLE FIRST UTAH TEMPLES
St. George (1877) Logan (1884)
Manti (1888) Salt Lake (1893) TEMPLES - WORLDWIDE
• Show modern map of temples. LDS TEMPLES IN HAWAII
KONA TEMPLE (2000)
LAIE TEMPLE (1919) WHY?
Why were these people gathering in Laie? WHY – Panoramic Cameras
The 1909 Baby Al-Vista (not shown) was a lightweight camera with a lens which rotated through a 160 degree arc. The cost was $5.
Ca. 1900. Source: Wikipedia.org WHY - Transportation
Laie Plantation Train CLUES
• Landscaping • Church Officials • Missionaries CLUES - Landscaping
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PAN-11-004 à
ß PAN-11-002 CLUES – Church Officials
Church President Heber J. Grant and Company, Dedication – November 1919 CLUES – E. Wesley Smith CLUES – E. Wesley Smith
PAN-11-002
PAN-11-003
PAN-11-004 Mission President May 1919 – May 1923 CLUES – Joseph F. Smith
As a 17 yr old missionary
Possibly 1917 in Laie CLUES – George Bowles
Missionary May 1920 – March 1923
PAN-11-003
PAN-11-002 PAN-11-004 TIME BRACKET ver. 2.0
May 1920 - March 1923 CLUES – Missionaries
• Elder Douglas Budd • Arrived November 1920
Source: history.ChurchofJesusChrist.org “Dedication” photo CLUES – Missionaries
• Ed and Alma Winder • July 1919 – Jan. 1922
Susan W. and Pres. John S. Tanner (2015-2020)
PAN-11-004 PAN-11-003 (With baby Alma Barbara, born 19 May 1920 in Hilo) CLUES – Church History Library
PH 2710 = PAN-11-003 ©Church History Library CLUES – Missionaries These people are in PAN-11-004 = April 1921
ß Deseret News, April 30, 1921 DATING – CONCLUSION
• These photos are of mission conferences which were held in 1920, 1921, 1922. • No group photo was taken on the day of dedication, Nov. 27, 1919. NOV. 1919 DEDICATION PHOTOS DATING – **CONCLUSION**
PAN-11-003 was taken July 11, 1920, with approx. 388 people. DATING – **CONCLUSION**
PAN-11-004, the “dedication photo,” was taken April 1-3, 1921, with approx. 395 people. DATING – **CONCLUSION**
PAN-11-002 was taken April 6, 1922, with approx. 275 people. DATING – **CONCLUSION** • PAN-11-003 was taken July 11, 1920. • PAN-11-004 was taken April 1-3, 1921. • PAN-11-002 was taken April 6, 1922. • No mission-wide conference was held in 1923, so there was no group photo that year. • Perhaps the fact that no photo was taken on the day of dedication in 1919 gave E. Wesley Smith the incentive to have group photos taken on the subsequent years of his presidency. PEOPLE PEOPLE - Missionaries PEOPLE - Missionaries
https://history.ChurchofJesus Christ.org/missionary/ PEOPLE – Native Members
• [Show 3 cropped enlargements] PEOPLE – Native Members MOVING ONLINE https://libguides.byui.edu/c.php?g=1021200&p=7414573 MOVING ONLINE
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• Hawaii State Archives: Adam Jansen • FamilySearch.org: Dennis Meldrum • BYU-Hawaii Archives staff: Gabriella Mora • BYU-Idaho Special Collections & Archives: Adam Luke • Church History Library, Salt Lake City, UT REFERENCES
• Britsch, R. Lanier. Moramona : The Mormons in Hawaii. 2nd ed., Laie, Hawaii : Jonathan Napela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Studies, ©2018. • Jenson, Andrew. History of the Hawaiian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1850-1930, 6 vols. • Moffat, Riley Moore, et al. Gathering to Laʻie. [Laie, Hawaii] : Jonathan Napela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Studies, ©2011. • Woodger, Mary Jane, et al. Sacred and Historical Places : Hawaiʻi : A Guide to LDS Historic Sites in Hawaiʻi. [Laie, Hawaii] : Jonathan Napela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Island Studies, ©2016.