Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 1, 1972
Walter Matich, seated, prepares to make a Christmas-themed aloha shirt in a sewing class taught by Eugenia Donahue of the University Extension Service on Kauai. Two other class members, Lito Labez and Larry Estenzo, look on for pointers.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 30, 1989
Developer Herbert Horita shows off a model of his West Beach resort, which will include 4,000 hotel rooms, 5,200 condominium units, a 44-acre marina, a shopping center, a golf course and four lagoons.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 30, 1982
Angie Vancil, 5, holds onto Kristina Fullingim, 5, as they try to catch a Frisbee at Makiki Park.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 15, 1962
Richard Ching, 66, a retired executive with Foremost Dairies in Hawaii, provides instruction at the Nuuanu YMCA to Roland Costa, left, Wayne Tanaka, Timothy Shimatsu, Frederick Mizuno and Ernie Costa.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 13, 1991
Bonsai sensei Edwin Nishida shows off his miniature Juniperus procumbens “Nana” tree, one of the displays in the Bonsai and Ikebana Exhibition at the Honolulu Hale courtyard sponsored by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 22, 1988
The owner of this automobile parked in Kakaako makes a poignant plea in an attempt to keep his coveted car safe from predators.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 5, 1955
The 5,000-foot-long, 110-foot-wide Ala Moana Beach joins the roster of sites for Hawaii’s sun and swim addicts. Okada Trucking Co. hauled up to 60,000 cubic yards of sand to get the beach ready for its debut.