Views Along the Pali Highway, Oahu, T.H., 1940 — Roadside Overlook

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Institution:

COGG Honor Archive

Collection:

The William Stinson Brown & Joanne Auringer Brown Family Collection

Date:

1940

Item Type:

Photograph

Branch of Service:

US Marine Corps

WWII Theater:

Pacific Theater

Unit / Squadron / Ship / Industry:

Rights / Restrictions:

Public Access

Description:

Photograph of a wood-paneled station wagon parked at a scenic overlook along the winding Pali Highway on Oahu, Hawaii, with Marines and companions posed around the vehicle. A concrete guardrail marks the pull-off above a steep, vegetation-covered cliff face, with the windward valley and a second automobile visible on the switchback road below. 1940.

Additional Notes

This photograph is from the personal collection of photographs taken by CPL William Stinson Brown while stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before the infamous attack of 7 December 1941. CPL Brown was there during the attack. These unique photographs were donated to the COGG Honor Archive for public use of students, writers and researchers of history. The generous donation was from CPL William S Brown’s, son, William Stinson “Bill” Brown Jr. and his loving granddaughter Caitlin Brown Clancy.

Keywords:

Pali Highway, Nu’uanu Pali, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, 1940, station wagon, woodie wagon, scenic overlook, mountain switchback road, guardrail, cliff face, hairpin turn, windward valley view, road trip, pre-WWII, U.S. Marine Corps, Brown-Auringer Family Collection

Cite As:

“Views Along the Pali Highway, Oahu, T.H., 1940 — Roadside Overlook.” CPL William Stinson Brown. 1940. The William Stinson Brown & Joanne Auringer Brown Family Collection. Honor Archive, Conservators of the Greatest Generation (COGG), San Antonio, Texas.