Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 29, 1972
The Oceania, which will become Hawaii’s first floating restaurant, was towed into Honolulu Harbor this morning. The 1,200-ton steel boat was docked at Pier 6 after a six-week voyage from Hong Kong.2/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 15, 1963
Hawaii Visitors Bureau poster girl Rose Marie Alvaro displays the bureau’s latest poster, “The Golden Girl of Kaanapali.” At right is HVB’s well-known “Orchid Girl of Hawaii” poster; at left, a poster showing Alvaro at Lumahai Beach, Kauai. The text of the “Orchid Girl” poster is in Japanese and is designed for use in Japan, where an HVB troupe will stage a “Come to Hawaii” promotion. The new “Golden Girl” poster also will be available with text in Japanese.3/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 28, 1972
Kauai Stadium, built in a former sugar cane field between Lihue and the coast at a cost of about $2 million, will give the Garden Isle a bigger, more modern place for high school football and other sports than the old Isenberg Field, above, could with its wooden bleachers overgrown with weeds.4/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 27, 1966
David Chuck, 15, Hawaii’s 1966 Soap Box Derby champion, is congratulated by his cousin Carla Teixeira, 14. The derby was held yesterday at the Pali Golf Course.5/7
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 13, 1956
Alvin Wilcox of Honolulu receives an audiometric test from Hilda Terada, Health Department speech and hearing therapist. The territorial Health Department and Department of Public Instruction launched clinics at various Honolulu elementary schools to determine underlying causes of hearing loss and to make recommendations for treatment by the children’s family doctors.6/7
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 7, 1959
The Uluniu Women’s Swimming Club building, which will soon be 50 years old, is believed to be the oldest swimming club for women in the United States. The two-story clubhouse is located between the Royal Hawaiian hotel and the Outrigger Canoe Club, on some of the most valuable beach property in Waikiki, and the Matson lease expires in 1963.7/7
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 16, 1955
Frank Y. Kam’s new drive-in and restaurant will have its grand opening tomorrow. Located near his Waiau market and designed by Architects Wimberly and Cook, A.I.A., the new building is contemporary in aspect with a shed-type roof covering the kitchen, pass-through facilities and lanai. Kam also owns Frankie’s Market in Kalihi. The progressive businessman has accomplished much since his graduation from St. Louis College in 1934.
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