The Hula Dancers: Mamie Silva & Lillian Naipo
Years ago, my cousin Connie shared with me a tiny picture that held an intriguing story. It portrayed a hula girl caught in a comedic pose. Connie wondered if I had any knowledge of the photo's origins. Unfortunately, I couldn't provide any answers. The picture had been discovered within her grandmother's photo album. As we pondered the identity of the hula girl, we couldn't have foreseen the remarkable journey that awaited us. Time passed, and fate intervened when one of us stumbled upon an astonishing find—an identical picture housed within the digital files of the State of Hawaii Archives. It belonged to a tourist's photo album dating back to the, year of 1929. Using an app, I took on the task of colorizing & restoring it as best I could. One day, I decided to drop it into Google's image search, and to my astonishment, the results led me to an unexpected place—eBay. There, the hula girl image was displayed alongside four others. One had already found ...
