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East India Store window decorated for Indian independence
Storefront of the East India Store (Waikiki Branch) decorated for the occasion of India's independence. A sign reads "To Celebrate India's Independence, August 15, 1947 - Friday, The Watumull Store Extends Open House." Photo credited to Salart Studios.

Watumull's Advertisement (1987)
An advertisement for Watamull's from the February 17, 1987 issue of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin coinciding with the centennial of the 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii, the "Year of the Hawaiian" as the advertisement describes it.

Crowds waiting to get into East India store on Fort Street
Photograph of a crowd in front of the East India store on Fort Street. Photo credited to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

"East India Store Section," Honolulu Advertiser (1937)
Four-page advertisement insert from the June 3, 1937 edition of the Honolulu Advertiser, marking the opening of the Watumull Building on 1162 Fort Street. Includes several short articles about G.J. Watumull and J. Watumull, advertisements for the stores, products, and boutiques housed in the building, as well as photographs of the East India Store interior and its employees.

Letter from G.J. Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee
Letter from G.J. Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee, wishing him luck on his new venture (presumably the American Institute of Culture). Watumull discusses what he sees as the two major problems facing India: the production of food and control of population.

Letter from Ellen Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee
Letter from Ellen Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee dated October 22, 1959. In the letter, Watumull informs Gyanee that her husband, G.J. Watumull has passed away.

Letter from Ellen Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee
Aerogramme from Ellen Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee dated January 12, 1960 in response to Gyanee's letter from December 25, 1959. Watumull mentions that she has sent Gyanee's list of requested book to Sather Gate Book Shops in San Francisco, which will send the books to his Self-Culture Institute in India.

Letter from Ellen Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee
Aerogramme from Ellen Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee dated January 25, 1960, thanking him for sending two publications on "Self-Culture."

Letter from Ellen Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee
Aerogramme from Ellen Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee, written in response to Gyanee's letter dated March 23. Watumull mentions that she is expecting a visit from S.K. Patil, the Minister of Food and Agriculture for India and gives a few details about her work on developing the East-West Center.

Letter from Ellen Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee
Aerogramme from Ellen Watumull to Bhagwan Singh Gyanee dated October 12, 1960, in response to Gyanee's October 4 letter.

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