The Snapshots in Time Collection

Hilo Post Office with Wartime Blast-Protection Barriers, Hawaii Territory, May 1943

Hilo Post Office with Wartime Blast-Protection Barriers, Hawaii Territory, May 1943

The Hilo Post Office, its entrance flanked by timber and sandbag blast-protection barriers, reflects the civil defense precautions taken at government buildings across Hawaii following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Photographed in May 1943. Project: 218627