Celebrate Hawaii Admission Day!On August 21, 1959, Hawaii became the fiftieth state when President Dwight Eisenhower signed the statehood proclamation.
Aloha Hawaii!
Celebrate Hawaii Admission Day!On August 21, 1959, Hawaii became the fiftieth state when President Dwight Eisenhower signed the statehood proclamation.
Photographer Anthony Hernandez depicts a tropical scene on Waikiki beach, which is on Oahu, one of Hawaii's 7 inhabited islands. There are 132 islands in all.
Pictured: Anthony Hernandez, born 1947, Waikiki, No. 5, from the portfolio Waikiki, 1975, gelatin silver print on paper mounted on paperboard, 7 3/16 x 10 7/8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts.