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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 26, 1969

The old Wagon Wheel, a Kalakaua Avenue landmark, is being demolished to make way for the 17-story, $4 million Waikiki Gateway Hotel.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 5, 1967

A robot named Little George delivers to Gov. John A. Burns tickets to the Kaneohe Marines’ annual youth benefi t rodeo. Before the rodeo, George will perform with entertainers Dave Renzelman and Jody Opeka, standing next to Burns, at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Honolulu.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 2, 1964

The Faith 7 space capsule from NASA’s Project Mercury proved popular when it was brought out for public inspection in front of Iolani Palace. Among its admirers were scores of schoolchildren from Island Paradise School, who observed details like paint that had been scorched during the capsule’s launch and reentry.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 3, 1974

Outside a big red tent at the 50th State Fair, his name is on the lips and shirts of hundreds of children: Kikaida, the mechanical man whose precisely administered double chops can reduce a monster to putty and save the day.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 20, 1960

Six-year-old Susan Tanaka enjoys a regal ride up University Avenue during a parade. Carrying the little miss are Ted Aratani and Joe Ouchi in back.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 5, 1972

Abraham Tenorio and Sharon Lester secure boxing gloves made of heavy leather to the spurs of a fighting cock in preparation for the state’s first Haka Moa pageant, a demonstration of the sports, games and dances of old Hawaii.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 21, 1989

Marine Sgt. Don Milojevich, left, and Cpl. David Fracis help Dennis Ching Jr., 8, position himself on an MK 40 mm machine gun at Hickam Air Force Base during a Joint Armed Services Day exhibit.
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