Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 29, 1974
With a loud boom, the Waikiki Biltmore Hotel starts to collapse in the middle as its demolition gets underway. A huge crowd came to watch the building buckle and fall; when it was over, nothing remained but rubble.2/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 26, 1976
Robert Cazimero, right, supervises the girls concert glee club at Kamehameha Schools as its members practice hula.3/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 12, 1963
Demonstrators against the adoption of a ground rent bill gather around the Iolani Palace bandstand after marching at the palace.4/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 1, 1958
Walters Fernandez seems to have solved his lawn-mowing problem by building a small car with a power lawn mower attached as a Christmas present for his 2-year-old neighbor, Gordon Farm. “The kids fight to cut the grass,” he says.5/7
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 9, 1982
Champion kite maker Richard T.C. Ching, 71, of Kaimuki shows off some of his colorful creations. Ching was born on Maui but spent a few years of his childhood in his family’s village in China, where he watched others make kites and was inspired to learn the craft. Ching estimates he has built 350 kites in his lifetime, in traditional Chinese style made of rice paper supported by frames of split bamboo, which he harvests in Nuuanu.6/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 11, 1979
Devon Pearse, 5, shows mom he can match the gaping jaws of the fiberglass crocodile at the Honolulu Zoo where he’s found refuge.7/7
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 25, 1983
Chico’s Pizza, a Kaimuki landmark for 16 years, has closed its doors for good.
Israel pounds southern Lebanon, Beirut outskirts
Kalani High School launches new Coast Guard JROTC program
Volcano in Iceland erupts for 10th time in 3 years
Russia hits Ukraine with ICBM
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Hotel guests admire holiday sand sculptures at the Sheraton Waikiki
Powerful storm hits the U.S. Pacific Northwest and western Canada
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Honolulu police officers recognized during promotion ceremony
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