Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past














STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 28, 1980
Castle Park’s opening in Halawa featured long lines, including this one to ride Grand Prix cars.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 28, 1972
The Aloha Mothers Club at Kalihi Valley Housing spent the weekend on Maui as part of their “Queen For Three Days” getaway. The group of eight left seven husbands and 47 children at home to get some R&R on the Valley Island. Above, Doreen, left, Barbara, Pat and Estelle back home.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 2, 1955
Harriet Greenleaf finds Waikiki Beach a grand and refreshing place to study, with classes at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the morning and time for relaxation (and study) in the afternoon.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 28, 1976
The Hokule‘a, the 60-foot double-hulled Polynesian canoe which recently returned from a successful voyage to and from Tahiti, will soon become a floating classroom, says Herb Kane, Polynesian Voyaging Society vice president and designer of the craft. “We don’t want to embalm the Hokule‘a on a pedestal outside a museum,” Kane told the Honolulu Rotary Club at a luncheon in the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. “We don’t want to sell it.”STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 31, 1959
Backed by the 49-star flag and the flag of Hawaii, the Honolulu police choral group takes part in opening ceremonies of the first state Senate. They also participated in state House ceremonies.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 30, 1978
Musicians Gabby Pahinui, right, and Peter Moon share a moment in a Sheridan Street cafe.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 17, 1969
Wigwam Stores salespeople dressed in clown costumes to prepare for the opening of a 24-day sales promotion at all six stores. The festivities were held in the parking lot of the new main store at 1505 Dillingham Blvd.