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Entries from August 28th, 2009

Friday (2)…New Superferry background, newspaper layoffs continue in San Diego, bedbugs, and Feline Friday

August 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Cats, General, Photographs

Thanks to the Hawaii Superferry unofficial blog for flagging a very revealing interview with the CEO of Austal, the company that built the Superferry ships. In this interview, CEO Bob Browning describes the Superferry deal as “very unusual”. Austal, an Australian company, was looking to compete for U.S. military contracts, but needed a shipyard in [...]

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Friday…Kamehameha Day 1944

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · History, John Lind Collection, Photographs

I think I’ve further identified the event associated with the photo of Duke Kahanamoku posted here on Wednesday. This is a follow-up photo of a Kamehameha Day Celebration on June 11, 1944, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. And here’s the back of the photo, with caption identifying it as an official U.S. Army [...]

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