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Honolulu Broom Factory Kalihi
Photography by David Croxford
>> Brian Lum, third-generation owner of Honolulu Broom Factory, carefully binds
a classic straw broom. High quality, in an era of cheap imports from abroad, has allowed the company to survive as the last broom factory in Hawaii, and one of the last in the country.
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