Walter Wanderwell filming Aloha Baker at Halemaumau Crater

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Walter Wanderwell filming Aloha Baker at Halemaumau Crater
Description:
View of Walter Wanderwell filming Aloha Baker at Halemaumau Crater in Hawaii. Signed posted in foreground: "Halemaumau, house of everlasting fire, 3500 wide, 3000 long, 1500 ft. deep." Typed on back: "On the brink of disaster. A grimacing Aloha poses on the edge of the steaming Halemaumau crater in Hawaii while Capt. Wanderwell records the moment on film. A similar situation earlier had caused Aloha to step dangerously close ... active volcano." Handwritten on back: "Almost walk off the edge of the live volcano while staring toward the movie camera."
Details
Resource ID:
na002299
Subject:
Baker, Aloha W., 1908-1996
Wanderwell, Walter, 1897-1932
Volcanoes--Hawaii
Motion picture cameras
Baker, Aloha W., 1908-1996--Archives
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1921 to 1933
Format:
1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Filing Location:
MS33/Aloha Baker collection, Box 7, Folder 8, America: North, Photographs, U.S.A., 1921-33
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.