Visions of Honolulu back before a lot of things. Photographs in the collections of the University of California of the old Honolulu YWCA which is now officially named the Laniākea. Designed by Julia Morgan, it opened in 1927.

Swimming pool, Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere https://calisphere.org/item/b6818d7e92ebacedf0e2e93ab6b52d89/

Lobby, the Residence, Fernhurst. Possibly the Young Womens Christian Association in Honolulu, Hawaii. Undated image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/d8c0ff5a870fa0a886d773e9b2f577fb/

Library and sitting room. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/b2c54641d06921845aa664ae77b6295d/

Loggia and courtyard. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/7fc8de65b37454ed964138f028d74f66/

Exterior, grounds and entrance driveway, the Residence, Fernhurst. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/7f04c0570a3d682e893c21e61b138fa9/

Cafeteria, the Residence, Fernhurst. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/9360c4a96b224b03fb77e38a28dd3ccc/

Main lobby Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1930-1939. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/6e8abc84fc7ac471d7380d5aeb446f59/

Exterior and view of the loggia. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1930-1939. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/f5d6d878960068e90a7bba45bb2e9bf8/

Upper loggia. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1930-1939. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/26fca228c6e13841dc2542a6856db5a2/

Library and sitting room, Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1930-1939. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/e1561779621a4af167603ad414fb6964/

These photographs are archived in California, not Hawaii, because they are part of the papers of Californian Sara Holmes Boutelle who was an architectural historian and wrote a biography of Julia Morgan who designed the YWCA seen here. I am sorry the resolution on these is not higher.

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