[HAWAII]. Group of ten detention camp ribbons from the plague of 1899-1900. [Hawaii, 1900]. Ten silk ribbons, printed in black and red on yellow, cream, or red, for the Kerosene Warehouse Detention Camp (various medical officers), Camp Wood (chairman Maui Sanitary Committee), Kalihi Detention Camp, Citizens' Sanitary Committee, and Citizens' Sanitary Inspector. All pinned to board (scattered minor fraying at edges). A RARE collection of identification ribbons from the quarantine that was enforced in Hawaii when the bubonic plague hit Honolulu in 1899. After imposing a quarantine, officials eventually intentionally set fire to buildings and homes where the disease was found, resulting in the destruction of Honolulu's Chinatown. Ribbons 5 ? x 3" and smaller.