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Tai Sing Loo
Lava Flow Destroys Wharf and Water Tanks at Ho'opuloaApril 18, 1926

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a corrugated-roof building engulfed in billowing smoke, with a hillside behind and a small airplane visible in the upper right sky
Artist or Maker
Tai Sing Loo
American, 1886 - 1971
Title
Lava Flow Destroys Wharf and Water Tanks at Ho'opuloa
Culture
Hawaiian
Place Made
Kingdom of Hawai'i (annexed by United States), Kona, Ho'opula
Date Made
April 18, 1926
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Primary support: 4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (11.75 × 16.83 cm) Secondary support: 6 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (17.62 × 24.92 cm)
Credit Line
Partial gift of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn and purchased with funds from LACMA's 50th Anniversary Gala and FIJI Water
Accession Number
M.2015.33.2831
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific