- Artist or Maker
- A. R. Gurrey, Jr.
United States, Kansas, active United States, Hawaii, 1874-1928 - Title
- The Surfriders of Hawaii
- Culture
- Hawaiian
- Date Made
- 1914
- Medium
- Hand-tinted gelatin silver photographic prints mounted on heavy brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- 7 × 7 in. (17.78 × 17.78 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2015.33.160
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Pacific
- Curatorial Notes
Gurrey is regarded as the father of surf photography and this book is considered the first book on surfing. The book is hand-made, was publilshed in 1914 and there are only 8 copies known to exist (Maureen Cavanaugh and Patty Lane KPBS).
