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Honolulu circa 1909. "Scotch-Hawaiian boy." Gelatin silver print by Caroline Haskins Gurrey (1875-1927), known for her portraits of mixed-race Hawaiian youths. View full size.
Somehow I can't imagine that stringless tops were all the rage back then. Not even on the laid-back Sandwich Islands.
What an odd thing to "specialize" in - mixed-race Hawaiians? And one of the accursed pictorialists, to boot - photographers who did everything they could to make a photograph not look like a photograph.
After a little research, I see this was done for purposes of "enthography"?! Very strange.
My grandfather used to wear his pants waist around the nipples too.
Wow. Patrick Swayze must have been related to this handsome man. But could he dance?
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