Lei Seller, Aloha Tower
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Object number6108
TitleLei Seller, Aloha Tower
CreatorKate Kelly
Descriptionphotography
Date1930
Material400-PHOTOGRAPHY
Current locationMS
Dimensions
overall: 10 x 8"
Acquired fromDowntown Art Center, "River to Richards Documentary Photography in Hawai'i 2025," juried exhibition (November 6, 2025 - November 29, 2025)
Credit lineState Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Collection
Accompanying textKate Kelly was a sculptor, printmaker and photographer. Born and raised in California, she studied at the Partington School of Art in San Francisco, where she met the painter and printmaker John M. Kelly. The couple married in 1908 and moved to Hawai'i in 1923, where they continued to make artwork, as well as making many friends in the community, while entertaining and enjoying island life. These intimate, historic photographs of lei sellers by Kelly are from the 1930s and were taken around Aloha Tower.