Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 13, 1989
Jane Beachy, left, and Ipoleimanu Mau, both 10, are on the bug hunt in Kawainui Marsh as part of a science program at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.2/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 11, 1990
Chanelle Pereza finds a convenient spot on which to perch while waiting for her cousin to finish soccer practice at Kaelepulu Elementary School: atop the head of a playground caterpillar.3/7
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 3, 1960
Virginia Farias, center, celebrates her sixth birthday with classmates at Sacred Hearts Academy. Virginia has battled asthma since she was a baby and was never allowed excitement, so this is the first birthday she has ever marked with a party.4/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 28, 1986
A black Labrador retriever hitches a ride on a sailboard in the Hilton Hawaiian Village lagoon.5/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 20, 1983
Joseph Dagleish, a Scottish expert in iron-hull ship construction, says permanent repair of the Falls of Clyde will be a unique job because the wrought-iron plates are held together by rivets hand-pounded in 1878. Some of the plates were bent and punctured when Hurricane Iwa hit.6/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 18, 1991
David Crocker, relaxing on a Pahoa sidewalk, says he lives off the land in Puna, collecting fruit in the forest and trading it with stores and restaurants for food.7/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 27, 1988
Makahiapo Fung, 3, appears to be setting his sights on a large target as he plays on an old cannon at the Bishop Museum.
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