"Diamond Head from Fort Ruger"

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"Diamond Head from Fort Ruger"

United States, Hawaiʻi, Oʻahu, Honolulu, Waikiki, Hawaiian, no date
Photographs
Gelatin silver print
Primary support: 3 7/16 × 5 7/16 in. (8.73 × 13.81 cm)
Partial gift of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn and purchased with funds from LACMA's 50th Anniversary Gala and FIJI Water (M.2015.33.1073)
Art of the Pacific
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Fort Ruger is on the island of O'ahu and served as the first military post in the Territory of Hawai'i. It was named after Civil War General Thomas H....
Fort Ruger is on the island of O'ahu and served as the first military post in the Territory of Hawai'i. It was named after Civil War General Thomas H. Ruger and built near Diamond Head in the Waikiki region. The fort was established by the U.S for the purpose of defending the harbor of the newly annexed territory.
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