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Collections

Waiānuenue Falls (Rainbow Falls)1939

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Sepia-toned snapshot photograph of a waterfall dropping into a misty pool, flanked by dark rocky cliffs with dense tropical vegetation, mounted on a dark album page with handwritten caption 'Rainbow Falls—'
Black album page with a single gelatin silver print mounted at top center, showing a waterfall descending through dense vegetation into a dark pool; handwritten captions below read "Rainbow Falls," "Waikoa River 139," and "Sam Pens '39"
Title
Waiānuenue Falls (Rainbow Falls)
Culture
Hawaiian
Place Made
Kingdom of Hawai'i (annexed by United States), Hilo
Date Made
1939
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Primary support: 2 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (6.99 × 11.43 cm) Secondary support: 6 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (17.46 × 27.62 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.2015.33.3051
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific