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Post #570106 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Thu, Dec 23, 2010 4:07 PM

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I come also across evidence of this early Hawaiian Music craze whenever I look through a stack of Victrola records at an estate sale - there are always one or two Hawaiian records for me to pick out and add to my collection.

The 1924 photo below of downtown St. Louis gives more evidence of how popular Hawaiian music was with the American public:


:up: There were schools of Hawaiian music like this in most major cities.

:down: Charles Lindbergh's ukelele, a gift from the people of Hawaii after his famous solo Atlantic crossing.