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Tuesday, 1 March 2011
The first ever picture of a surfer has been found in a photo album that dates back to 1890. The Hawaiian beach boy is photographed wearing a traditional loin cloth and shown standing in the shallows holding his rudimentary board. It is to be sold by auction next Thursday 3 March in the UK.
Two albums full of snaps have been submitted for auction and other subjects include pictures of topless native women from Hawaii and Fiji – and the pre-sale estimate is £10,000. Other photos include some of Hawaiin Royalty including King Kalakaua - who died in 1891 - Queen Liliuokalani and Princess Kaiulani. (Kaiulani visited UK and introduced surfing to the Brits.)
READ THE FULL ARTICLE . . . here.
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