Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 22, 1986
The USS Honolulu gets a warm greeting from dockside hula dancers as it enters its namesake city and new home port at Pearl Harbor.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 30, 1963
Actor Vincent Price and his wife, Mary, chat with Morley Theaker, general manager of Sears in Hawaii, at Honolulu International Airport.STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 28, 1980
Hawaii’s first Parcourse Fitness Cluster hosts hard-working patrons at the Ewa end of the Kalakaua Avenue tennis courts in Kapiolani Park. The minigym includes four modules of bars, planks, beams and rings designed for warming up, stretching, strengthening muscles and improving the cardiovascular system.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 5, 1984
Rocky Toomey, left, and B.J. Snyder release hundreds of black-and-gold balloons into the sky at the McKinley High School graduation.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 15, 1966
Tiny taro farms on Maui’s Keanae Peninsula help maintain production of poi, the Hawaiian staple.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 26, 1962
Food City, a new concept in economy shopping, has opened in the heart of Kailua’s semi-industrial district. The grocery store is Foodland Super Market’s second-largest store in Hawaii; it features extra-wide aisles, rapid checkout counters and well-stocked shelves. What it won’t offer is trading stamps, “just honest- to-goodness rock-bottom prices,” says Foodland President and General Manager Maurice J. Sullivan.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 6, 1985
Samuel S. Luke, president of the Lin Yee Chung Association, makes an offering during a ceremony at the Lin Yee Chung Cemetery in Manoa marking the beginning of Ching Ming, a monthlong memorial period during which people honor their ancestors.