Doris duke photos in hawaii

doris duke photos in hawaii

The Secret History of Doris Duke's Famous Hawaiian Mansion ...

    Shangri La has a series of stunning interior touches, with splendor hidden from room to room.

A tour of Shangri La, the dreamy estate ... - Hawaii Magazine, carousel

  • On a visit to Hawaii last week, I took a break from sun worshipping to visit Doris Duke’s famed Oahu residence, Shangri La. Throughout her life, the tobacco heiress had a series of opulent homes.
    • Doris Duke at home in her Shangri-La estate on Honolulu, Hawaii.
    Series of Black and white photographs documenting Doris Duke's life in Hawaii.
    Camel sculptures front entrance to Shangri La, Doris Duke's home and Islamic art collection in the Kahala neighborhood.

    Shangri La - Images of Old Hawaiʻi

  • This Shangri La is in Honolulu, a gift to art lovers from the millionaire philanthropist Doris Duke (1912-1993).

    • Doris Duke's Islamic Art Retreat | Smithsonian

      Series of Black and white photographs documenting Doris Duke's life in Hawaii.

    Doris Duke’s Shangri-La in Oahu

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    • Living room. Photo by Linny Morris.

    • Mughal Suite exterior. Photo by Linny Morris.

    • Playhouse, with Diamond Head in the background. Photo by Linny Morris.

    • Dining room. Photo by Linny Morris.

    • Syrian room. Photo by Linny Morris.

    • Mughal Suite bathroom. Photo by Linny Morris.

    • Jali Pavilion at Shangri La. Photo by Linny Morris.

    • Mughal Garden. Photo by Linny Morris.

    • Doris Duke and Sam Kahanamoku playing slide and acoustic guitars, 1939. Photo by Martin Munkacsi. Shangri La Historical Archives, Honolulu, Hawaii. Gift of Hope Cromwell Hopkins.

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    Islamic art reinterpreted.  

    The first thing you notice are her piercing blue eyes. In most photographs of Doris Duke, those eyes do not invite intimacy. Small wonder. Raised in virtual isolation, a prisoner of the millions she inherited from her father’s tobacco empire, Duke would find relief in only one of her many houses: the stunni

    A tour of Shangri La, the dreamy estate ... - Hawaii Magazine

  • In , Doris Duke, who was known as "the richest girl in the world," decided to build a house in Honolulu.

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      In the late s, Doris Duke built her Honolulu home, Shangri La, on five acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Diamond Head.
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    Doris Duke's Shangri La & the Honolulu Museum of Art: Hawaii ...

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    • Two Honolulu Homes Not To Miss–Part One: Shangri La

      Doris Duke, known as "the richest girl in the world," with her husband James Cromwell in Hawaii in 1935.