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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MARCH 3, 1958

The fin of a wayward 6-foot porpoise sliced through the waters of the Ala Wai Canal near boaters before it was eventually captured. The marine mammal appeared to have swum into the narrow waterway without knowing how to get out.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 5, 1959

Mitsue Watanabe and Shizue Shimoda load Maui pineapples onto frames in a refrigerated van.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 8, 1971

A snowstorm on Haleakala offers Lavina Day and Carol Fernandez, both of Kahului, the chance for a rare Hawaii snow frolic.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 1, 1946

Lloyd Vista and Eva Van Noy plant a Victory Garden, for victory over homelessness, in their backyard in Manoa Valley. Their home is part of a federal public housing administration project that includes 4,000 residents, many of whom have similar gardens.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 13, 1977

Lee Majors, TV’s popular “$6 Million Dollar Man,” is shown with performers Ema Lotu, left, Leone Rua and Rose Mapuhi at the Polynesian Cultural Center during a luau. Majors is in the islands to film a segment of his TV show called “The Last Island.”
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 13, 1968

Katherine Kahihikolo lets her political sentiments be known at the Democratic unity rally, using her earrings to call for the reelection of Congressman Spark Matsunaga.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 13, 1983

A sign above the beer case at Gene Sontag’s Liquor and Wine Imports isn’t meant to be taken seriously, but it does acknowledge the fact that there are a lot of bankers in town.