Mark with Clothing label : Kalakaua. | #407644

This brand was likely named after David Kalakaua, the second elected King of Hawaii. Beginning his reign in 1874, he commissioned the construction of Iolani Palace. The Kalakawa shirt label is not well known and believed to be a small maker in the late 1950's. The Aloha Shirt was first sold at "Musashi-ya Shoten" in Honolulu. "Musashi-ya" was established by Japanese immigrant Chotaro Miyamoto in 1904. This particular clothing label is from a Hawaiian shirt.