Color photograph of a woman adorned with many flower lei and a woman on the right also wearing multiple lei fixing flowers on the other woman.
Lei of Gorgeous Blossoms, Matson Lines Photograph, 1934

Lei of Gorgeous Blossoms, Matson Lines Photograph, 1934

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Photographer: Edward Steichen
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$48.00
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$48.00
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This color photo by Edward Steichen for Matson Lines captures a ceremonial moment of floral adornment. The interaction is intimate and ritualistic, a visual celebration of Hawaiian floral tradition. It signals welcome, enchantment, and the transformative promise of travel to Hawaii. In aligning tradition with tourism, Steichen’s photograph helped define mid-century visual expectations of the islands. 

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