Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 11, 1973
Honolulu’s fireboat sprays streams of water high into the air as tugs nudge American President Lines’ President Wilson cruise ship into Honolulu Harbor for the last time.2/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 1, 1959
The internationally acclaimed quintet the Platters arrives in Honolulu along with Thurston Harris, top center, to headline the Civic Auditorium’s “Show of Stars.”3/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAy 23, 1970
A sign promoting the Queen Emma Museum adorns a quaint tin-roof shack on the Makaha beachfront property of Robert H. Rotz, a sign maker who made this museum marker as well as a new one for the museum about 10 years ago. Officials with the museum, located in Nuuanu Valley, were going to throw away the old sign, so Rotz kept it as a prank for his beach shack.4/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 28, 1959
A beanie, a hoop stick and a pair of stilts are the end products of the Junior Achievement high school program, as presented by Eleanora Owyang of Roosevelt, left, Monica Teves of Maryknoll, and Rockne Kim and Thomas Apo of Saint Louis.5/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 11, 1971
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, national director of Operation Breadbasket, speaks to a crowd of about 1,000 at the University of Hawaii’s Andrews Outdoor Theater about political power being the key to changing American society.6/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 20, 1958
The hilltop house known as Puuhonua, situated on cliffs above the entrance to Lanikai, blends its owners’ love of rocks, sea and ships. The home of Anne Taft Powlison will be open to tourgoers for one day.7/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 10, 1963
Architect Charles Sutton studies a breakaway model of the state Capitol for possible adjustments, which are made almost daily. Sutton represents John Carl Warneke and Associates of San Francisco, which is designing the six-level building with local architects Belt, Lemmon and Lo.
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