Interview 15334 – Caption Index: 160
Okay, first question here is, what would you say were specific challenges and differences that only occur having a zoo on an island as opposed to the mainland?… Read More
Okay, first question here is, what would you say were specific challenges and differences that only occur having a zoo on an island as opposed to the mainland?… Read More
Why were you emotional when you talked about Aunt Jenny?… Read More
Oh, that’s kind of a tough thing to discuss, is why… And part of it, the people in Hawaii, particularly those of a Hawaiian ancestor have been very, very good to me. And I’ve done my best, Mark, to provide a good zoo, to get professional help, to build the… Read More
And some were brought ashore as trading material with the, and they were prized by the Hawaiian royalty as pets in their garden. And in addition, she was very fond of peacocks. And Princess Kaiulani was fond of both peacock and a white Jasmine that’s native to China. And to… Read More
She was sort of the hope of Hawaiian royalty and that hope died when she died too. Now, Paul, when you talked about her, you were a bit emotional about it. And earlier we talked about Aunt Jessie, Jenny. You’re right, Jenny. You were a bit emotional about that. Read More
Well, the landscaping in our zoo is one area that we have an enormous opportunity, and it’s an opportunity that we have met unlike the total potential that the zoo has, which is enormous. Also with the landscaping, it has been achieved. And the trees that are there, the banyans… Read More
And Archie was a hard worker. Father died when Archibald was 18. Archibald continued the store, became friendly with the King Kalakaua, married the king’s younger sister, Miriam, who owned a great deal of land and some homes in this Kapi’olani area. And one of Archibald Clayhorn’s achievements was planting… Read More
And how important was landscaping in the zoo to you?… Read More
They just were there for hundreds of years and they grew?… Read More
You planted them? You saw them planted?… Read More
Do you know anything about the history of those particular banyan trees?… Read More
At that time, they were trolleys of rubber-tired trolley, buses, and what they did was turn the electricity off on their electric, the conductors that that would power the electric motors. And the electric company guys met us and the police officers. And everybody was just happy as clams to… Read More
So basically three times the population of the city in that year, which is interesting. It’s almost the same attendance right today. And Honolulu has tripled in size and we have 7 million tourists a year. I have one kind of technical question and I don’t want to lose it… Read More
The voyage was at, again, November. It was storming as the Pacific very often is, in November. But not that bad, the ship rolled a lot. But the main thing is I knew that ship. And again, since it was the same whole type, 500-foot long, C3 Navy transport. So… Read More
You’re in the middle. So whatever action, either rolling or pitching, you’re as stable as you’re ever gonna be in that center part of the ship, just so-called after the superstructure. And we put the animals, the tricky, the ones, particularly Rusty, right in the very center. So his action… Read More
Feeding and watering- Oh, but that part, after going under that bridge, the bridge was the hard part, I tell you. That was the part that was totally entirely in the hands of Gabe Davis and his skill as an animal trainer, and that would’ve, giraffe being bleeding to death… Read More
But the voyage?… Read More
It’s yourself and someone. Just one other guy. But the main thing is, you see, on the ship also, I had the rapport with the people on the ship. And the ship happened to had been the identical ship that I was on, the same class ship that I was… Read More
And you were responsible for the care of those animals for one week?… Read More
So now you’ve got the animals on the ship, and how many people?… Read More