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Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past

By Star-Advertiser

Jan. 22, 2023

Hawaii Photos

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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 7, 1975

It’s a slow, ho-hum day at Emma Store in Waiahole, where stretching and yawning in the sun are fine ways to pass the time.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 20, 1964

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 10,000 at Andrews Outdoor Theatre as the highlight of Civil Rights Week sponsored by the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 25, 1973

Schoolteacher Mike Dorn is one of the first people to hang-glide in Hawaii. Proponents say it gives you a new perspective on the world.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 29, 1979

The good old days of Waikiki will briefly return when the newly formed Society of Hawaii’s Entertainers presents “Waikiki — the Way It Was” at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Jack and Cha Thompson, left, Don Ho and Dick Jensen reminisced at a recent party announcing the benefit.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 15, 1969

Lyle Sawyer, a soldier in Hawaii on R&R, tries out a Bushwacker rental dune buggy along with sisters Cindy and Marjorie, mother, Mrs. Chester Sawyer, and infant niece Angela Burton. Island Tour Buggies International has brought 35 of the converted Volkswagen Beetles to the islands, and they rent for $15 a day plus 12 cents a mile, or a $30 flat rate, out of Tour Buggies’ lot at 1956 Ala Moana Blvd.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 7, 1995

A young museum visitor watches tops of different configurations spin to see which one goes the longest at the Tournament of Tops display in Bishop Museum’s “Science in Toyland” exhibition.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 21, 1954

Schofield Barracks is the new home of the Army’s 25th Infantry Division. Situated beneath Kolekole Pass are officers’ quarters in the foreground and troop quarters to the left.
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