Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 31, 1992
Rick Untalan, right, and Russell Nanod, vice presidents of Honfed/Bank of America, check out the new sign that will replace the old Honfed sign above the doors of the Kahala branch.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 4, 1954
A look at one of two vehicular tunnels for Nuuanu Highway under construction by the Territorial Highway Department. This tunnel, 500 feet long, is about halfway between the Pali summit and the hairpin turn. Workmen completed the breakthrough slightly more than a week ago. They still are building concrete footings for the other 1,000-foot tunnel under the summit.STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 30, 1981
It’s almost New Year’s Day, and that means mochi-making time in the Japanese community. Yesterday the materials to make the traditional rice cakes were gathered together in front of an audience at the Kuakini Hospital Senior Citizens Center.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 1, 1971
Revelers set off firecrackers on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki to usher in 1971. Thousands of people were packed into nearby nightclubs and restaurants and on sidewalks and streets when the year came to an end.STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 9, 1954
Hawaii congressional delegate Elizabeth P. Farrington handed Alaska delegate E.L. Bartlett a snowball while visiting Haleakala on Maui along with Hawaii Gov. Samuel Wilder King, far left, Maui County Chairman Eddie Tam, standing behind Farrington, and Nebraska representative A.L. Miller, in car.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 30, 1979
At lunchtime on any given weekday, the Aala Diner is a culinary jewel in the decrepit downtown-area setting. Fish — Japanese style — is prepared and served there as at no other place in Honolulu, and the regular return of treasure-struck patrons is proof of that piscatorial pudding.STARADVERTISER / MARCH 24, 1971
Construction continues for the 22-fl oor Davies Pacific Center on the same site where Theo H. Davies & Co.’s building once stood before it was was demolished to make way for the new building.