"Quiet sunset over the Waipahu rice fields"
Chinese Immigrants working in the Rice Fields
"Winnowing the rice in the traditional way, before the use of a hand cranked wooden fan"
"Planting rice seedlings in Waikele row by row, using a string for a guide and walking backwards."
"Honouliuli rice farmers in 1909, breaking soil before ploughing."
Plantation housing
"Rare photo of Waipahu rice plantation home. Kam tong's residence wiht threshing court in right foreground, living quarter upstairs with equipment and grain storage area, laborers' quarters and animal stalls downstairs"
"Large Wailkele rice plantation following harvest"
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Bibliography: (Images from book cited bellow)
Chong, Douglas D.L. Ancestral Reflections: Hawaii's Early Chinese of Waipahu an Ethnic Community Experience, 1885-1935. Honolulu, Hawaii: Waipahu Tsoong Nyee Society, 1998.