State archivists are asking the public to help identify a mystery man in a picture from the early 1900s.
ʻIolani Palace in Honolulu used to host the Malihini Christmas Tree celebration, where wealthy newcomers who wanted to give back to the community would buy gifts and provide food for thousands of underserved keiki in Hawaiʻi.
The Hawaiʻi State Archives believes the event ran for about seven years from 1908 to 1915, stopping before the onset of World War I…