Menzies Dickson

In 1867, he came to the Kingdom of Hawaii from Cincinnati and established a photograph studio on Fort Street in Honolulu.

[2] Subjects of his portraits included John Adams Cummins, Archibald Scott Cleghorn, Kalakaua, poi dealer, grass dealer, Kamehameha IV, Kapiolani (1879), Keelikolani, Keelikolani with Parker and Cummins, Leleiohoku, Likelike (1868), Liliuokalani, Major Moehonua, Martin and Moehonua (survivors of Honolulu Courthouse riot of 1874), Queen Emma wearing Niihau lei, Queen Kapiolani, and William Pitt Leleiohoku (1874 or 1876).

He also photographed the Princeville plantation in Hanalei, the Punchbowl Crater and Waiuli (Wailua) Lower Falls on Kauai.

Dickson died on May 31, 1891, at his residence in the Palama district of Honolulu.

[1] Media related to Menzies Dickson at Wikimedia Commons

"Fijian chiefs & dwarf" photograph by Menzies Dickson, circa 1865
Hawaiian in riding dress, circa 1867