A gallery of promotional and candid images from the lives of the Shaw family performers at the Hawaiian Village concession, while under contract for the 1916 Panama-California International Exposition, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. Photos, Panama-California Exposition Digital Archive, and the Winnifred Shaw Matteson Family Collection.
Read the full story about the Hawaiian Village at the San Diego Expo here…
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The first edition of Ninety Years of Classic San Diego Tiki sold out quickly. By popular demand, a new edition is in the works. Expanded with new information, photos, and memorabilia from San Diego’s Tiki restaurants and bars — ones missed from the past and others opened since 2018 — this full-color, 288-page hardcover edition is coming your way September 1, 2026.
Some fun photos!