FUJIOKA STORE, WAIALUA, NORTH OAHU HAWAII 1981, ON GRAY 8x10 INCH BACKING BOARD

Description

This is a beautiful quality shrink wrapped copyrighted giclee print from an original Velvia transparency of Fujioka Store 1981 in old Waialua town by longtime Hawaii professional photographer Bill Romerhaus, with caption and photography information on a label on the back. It was printed on Epson® Premium
glossy
photo paper with archival ink,
cropped
to fit
and
mounted on a single 8x10 inch backing board **which is part of the print as you can see here (see photo)and is not a mat board cutout
. It has photography preservation tips, initialed ('BR'), with more detailed caption information included in the label on the back.
It is also a little grainy as it was shot on film,
and
is still a beautiful artistic image.
This is one of our more popular photos at point of purchase displays here in Hawaii. It is also featured in our twice award winning photo history book "Haleiwa: A Pictorial History" available at our e-Bay store. We're proud to mention that many of our photos including this one were used as background artwork in the new CBS television network series "Hawaii 5-0".
It would make a great birthday or holiday gift for someone who likes this area or historic building images of Hawaii. They are popular reasonably priced decorations for restaurants, offices, homes, or stores where people can see them.
Fujioka Store began as a plantation market in the late 1880’s. This was one of the last remaining old Waialua businesses and was located northwest from the mill on east Puuiki Street. It was built in the ‘plantation’ style architecture of the late 1800’s. Groceries, sundries, general merchandise, and gasoline were sold there. It had a little bit of everything plantation workers needed. Ryutano Fujioka managed the operation and then  bought it in 1905. Nine family members were born in the store and most of the family worked there seven days a week. In 1951 Tsutomu and his brother Norman began managing the operation. It was one of the last Japanese generational stores that existed. The family opened a second larger store in Waialua town near the old First Hawaiian Bank building. Known as the ‘Waialua Store’, and it burned down mysteriously in 1972 and the owners went back to the old store under the banyan tree near Puuiki Street. In 1985 Gregg, Lyle, and Norman opened “Fujioka’s Supermarket” in Haleiwa town  (in the building that formerly housed “Kit’s Supermarket”) on Kam Highway. In 1997 the original Puuiki Street store went out of business shortly after the Waialua Sugar Company mill closed. In 2003 the Kam highway location was sold and in 2004 was doing business as Malama Market.
Our original photos are very popular and affordable to local people and tourists visiting Hawaii, as well as people who have never visited Hawaii. Prices are less than you would pay retail at a gallery and production costs are lower than most folks so we want to offer affordable quality art for people who might not otherwise be able to afford it.
We feel we are preserving and promoting the history and culture of Hawaii to Kama'aina, visitors, and other folks at a reasonable price to display or share with others.
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This giclee print was photographed by professional surfing, stock photographer, and master black and white printer Bill Romerhaus, of North Shore Photography, who has been shooting surfing and scenics since 1967.
His most recent work has appeared in the new CBS/Eye productions "Hawaii 50", Disney/Dreamworks productions "Fright Night",  Sony Pictures "Soul Surfer",  CBS/Paramount Network TV series "The Cleaner" on A&E Networks, Universal Pictures "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", and Warner Brothers  "The Big Bounce", filmed on the North Shore or on Oahu, providing vintage photos of nostalgia, and surfing for background artwork.
Bill has lived in Hawaii for over 50 years. In 1965 he shot his first surfing photo and was a contributing photographer to Surfer, Surfing, and other magazines for several years. In 1983, he started NORTH SHORE PHOTOGRAPHY, specializing in black & white professional darkroom services, after attaining the status as a master black & white printer and film processor for professional clients island wide.
He also worked as a contributing photographer to over 30 international surfing magazines and manufacturers, and as a photojournalist for over 100 publications and agencies worldwide. His photos have credited him with over 200 cover shots and full page advertisements. His work has appeared in Popular Photography, Shutterbug, American Photographer, Shape, Men's Fitness, Surfing, Surfer, Honolulu, Aloha, Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser newspapers, Outdoor, Outside, Conde Nast Traveler, National Enquirer, Discovery & History Channels, & many others. His professional clients have included American Express, Vogue International, Hilton Hotels, Miss Hawaiian Tropic, Aloha & Hawaiian Airlines, etc. He was also a contributing photographer for over 40 years to The North Shore News, in Haleiwa..
He now specializes in printing historic and nostalgic images of Hawaii (NOSTALGIC PHOTOS HAWAII) from the thousands of photos he has produced and collected as a professional photographer in the past four decades living in Hawaii They are very popular and affordable to local people and tourists visiting Hawaii. He is currently represented by Getty Images, one of the world's largest photo archives and most prestigious stock agencies.
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e-Bay's transfer process and the computer screen may make the photo look contrasty and slightly darker or lighter, depending on your monitor brightness and contrast settings. The color hues may look slightly different and may have a different tonal range and brightness than you may see on your individual computer screen.
**When it is attached to the single mat backing board you will be able to see the the single backing board around the borders of the print. It makes the print look like there is a thin margin around the photo and it is cropped to fit an 8x10 inch backing board
and is not a mat board cutout.
An 11x14 inch frame (or larger) with a custom cut mat from a frame shop or art store is the suggested way to display this photo. Prints are permanently mounted to the acid free backing board using an archival photo adhesive and cannot be easily removed from the backing board without damaging the photo. If you want to use a larger frame and can't figure out how to do it with the photo mounted on the backing board, contact us and we can explain how it can be done. This is recommended for best visual and artistic impact in displaying this photo, although many people are happy using a standard 8x10 inch frame and displaying the image as is. We want to make sure you know what you are buying so we hope our thorough description of these photos will answer all your questions before you purchase.
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We have been shooting and collecting photos in Hawaii for over 50 years and have over 10,000 images in our inventory of almost everything you would expect to see from Hawaii, if you are looking for a specific type of
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