Hawaiian Historical Society: Photograph Collection This link opens in a new windowThe Society's photograph collections contain approximately 10,000 images and 2,000 negatives. The largest collection is a General Historical Collection of prints of people, places, and events in Hawai‘i’s history. The photographs date from the 1860s to the modern period, with the majority being from the 1880s through the 1920s. There are also several small special collections by single photographers, historical postcards, and photograph albums from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.