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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 30, 1979

From the outside, the Aala Diner looks like many of its waterfront neighbors — old and tired. But make no mistake, 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.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 22, 1990

Tara Sesler, a Camp Smith Marine, grapples with a nutcracker balloon before the start of the Eagle Aloha Bowl Parade through Waikiki.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 23, 1952

During most of her working hours, Ethel B. Callahan helps planes down from lofty altitudes to a parking place at Honolulu Airport. Occasionally, she tells pilots when it’s safe to land.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 26, 1982

Who needs the mall? Five-year-old Haunani Chun spends the day after Christmas lounging at Ala Moana Beach Park while others take their holiday cash to shopping centers.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 18, 1970

In a passionate speech, comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory describes a need for both peace and revolution before a crowd of more than 4,000 at the University of Hawaii.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 26, 1970

Students and teachers at Hanahauoli School have for years observed Thanksgiving with a traditional makahiki in the school’s courtyard. The gifts of thanksgiving — including fruit, sugar cane, taro and canned goods — are wrapped in ti leaves and set in a pile, to be donated later to the Salvation Army.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 12, 1983

Charlotte Unni, foreground, teaches German to students in Kalani High School’s language laboratory — a rare example of a quality school-level foreign-language facility.