Pandora with Roy Spooner at Hawaii
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Title
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Pandora with Roy Spooner at Hawaii
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Identifier
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RCS_017
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Alternative Identifier
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pic012
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Description
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Roy Spooner and Pandora pose on the deck of the President Cleveland during their stopover in Hawaii. Both man and panda wear Hawaiian leis. Roy is holding Pandora facing the camera wearing a suit jacket with shorts.
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Commentary
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David Spooner, who was five-years-old at the time, recalls that: "At Honolulu, Pandora and Roy were greeted with leis and later upon docking in Los Angeles there was a large press conference to greet Pandora." Roy Spooner remembers further challenges on board: "Our trip was further complicated by a strike among the ship’s service personnel as we travelled across the Pacific. Arranging meals and sleeping accommodation for three very small children, two adults and a panda on a crowded steamer left us little time to enjoy the Pacific!"
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Creator
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Roy or Kathleen Spooner
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Date Created
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Between 1938-05-18 and 1938-06-09
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Location
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Hawaii
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Source
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David Spooner
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Provenance
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Roy Cowieson and Kathleen Spooner, David Spooner (Roy's and Kathleen's son). Scanned by Zhang Mingying.
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2026-01-03
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Contributor
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Cory Willmott; Zhang Yingming
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Type
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Still Image
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References
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David Spooner - Canadian Old Photo Project Team. 2010. Chengdu, My Home: The Chinese Feelings Across the Pacific. Chengdu: Sichuan Publishing Company Ltd., p. 029.
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Roy Spooner – Letters from West China, 1939-1944 Second Series, 1979 (UCCA2013.028c-TR), p. 1.
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