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Rearview Mirror: Chicago-Hawaii connections are plentiful and run deep

HAWAII STATE ARCHIVES
                                Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair featured a circular exhibit — 50 feet high and 400 feet in circumference — of an erupting Kilauea Volcano.
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HAWAII STATE ARCHIVES

Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair featured a circular exhibit — 50 feet high and 400 feet in circumference — of an erupting Kilauea Volcano.

COURTESY PETER VON BUOL
                                A sculpture of Sargent Kahana­moku surfing is on display at the Field Museum in Chicago.
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COURTESY PETER VON BUOL

A sculpture of Sargent Kahana­moku surfing is on display at the Field Museum in Chicago.

MATSON 
                                Eugene Savage studied art in Chicago. Matson hired him to paint murals and menus about Hawaii for their ships.
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MATSON

Eugene Savage studied art in Chicago. Matson hired him to paint murals and menus about Hawaii for their ships.

HAWAII STATE ARCHIVES
                                Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair featured a circular exhibit — 50 feet high and 400 feet in circumference — of an erupting Kilauea Volcano.
COURTESY PETER VON BUOL
                                A sculpture of Sargent Kahana­moku surfing is on display at the Field Museum in Chicago.
MATSON 
                                Eugene Savage studied art in Chicago. Matson hired him to paint murals and menus about Hawaii for their ships.