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28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

Hawaii has been a United States territory since 1898, but its path to statehood was anything but straightforward.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 8 months ago in Wow

On August 21st, 1959, Hawaii officially became the 50th state to join the United States, under president Dwight D. Eisenhower. It was a long time coming, since Hawaii had been a United States territory since 1898, but its path to statehood was anything but straightforward. 


The Kingdom of Hawaii was internationally recognized as independent from 1810 onwards, but in 1893, British and American businessmen overthrew the government with help from the United States military, annexing Hawaii in 1898. The United States formally apologized for this aggressive act in 1993. 


From its original inhabitants to the tragedy at Pearl Harbor, here are 28 photos of Hawaii before it became a state in 1959. 

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    Two natives with outrigger canoes at Waikiki shoreline, Honolulu, Hawaii, late 1800s.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    The flag of the Kingdom of Hawai'i over ʻIolani Palace being lowered to raise the United States flag to signify annexation. Honolulu, Territory of Hawai'i, United States. August 12, 1898.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    Liliʻuokalani, the overthrown final monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, sitting on the porch of her private residence with her dog Poni, 1917.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    State funeral of Queen Liliuokalani. Honolulu, Hawaii, 1917.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    Woman standing in front of a grass thatched house, with the now extinct poi dog by her side, Oahu, Hawaii, 1900.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 6

    Niihauan men, women, and a girl, standing and sitting in front of a thatched dwelling, Niihau, Hawaii, circa 1885.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 7

    The great melting pot of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1948.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    Niihauans fishing in canoes in Puʻuwai Beach, in the Kamalino District, Niihau, Hawaii, circa 1885.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 9

    Weightlifter and actor Steve Revees in a stop of his US tour to promote health and fitness in the youth with Abbye Stockton in Hawaii, 1947.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    Aerial picture of the attack on Pearl Harbor, taken from a Japanese dive bomber. Hawaii, 1941.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    Villagers at Hale, Niihau, Hawaii, 1885.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    Kahului Harbor, Maui, Hawaii 1907.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 13

    The two younger sons of U.S. president, Franklin Roosevelt Jr. and John Roosevelt, posing with swimmer and surfing pioneer Duke Kahanamoku in Waikiki, Hawaii, on Aug 1934.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 14

    Night fishing in Hawaii, 1948.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    My grandma in Hawaii in 1948 with a note in the bottom right corner, “to my dreamboat husband, from his little Geologist.” December, 1948.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    This is Princess Lili'uokalani. She would become the last sovereign ruler of Hawaii. The photo was taken in 1853 when she was only 15 years old.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 17

    First known photo of a surfer. Hawaii, 1890.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    Liliʻuokalani by the grace of God, Queen of the Hawaiian Islands at Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, London, 1887.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 19

    Hawaiian man at Hawaii island, 1890s.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    A diver photographed after ascending from the oily interior of the sunken battleship USS Arizona. Photograph taken at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in the days following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 21

    Group of Women on the beach in Hawaii, 1947.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 22

    Martial law in practice during World War II: Waikiki, Hawaii, circa 1942.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 23

    Surfers pose in front of their wooden surf boards in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1937. These boards often weighed more than 100 pounds.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 24

    “My grandparents in 1920's Hawaii.”

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 25

    Seniors at the Kamehameha School for Girls, Honolulu, Hawaii. 1899.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

  • 26

    Kids and sugarcane, Hawaii, 1890s.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    Natives of Hawaii on the beach of Waikiki after a morning of fishing in 1895.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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    A man stands amongst Jurassic-sized foliage, Hawaii, 1924.

    28 Photos of Hawaii From Before It Was Our 50th State

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