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TITLE
Mother and child beside bamboo and straw shack
 
DESCRIPTION
Mother and child beside bamboo and straw shack

Original caption: "Plantation homes thatched with dry cane leaves, Wainuku, Island of Hawaii, circa 1890. Living conditions were poorer than in the villages they left in Japan."
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CONTEXT
"Japanese consul Miki Saito complained about 'very unsatisfactory' living conditions at several plantations."
A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawai'i
 
CREDIT
Charles Furneaux
Courtesy of Bishop Museum

 
DATE
ca. 1890